The Odd Couple

Name: The Odd Couple
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.13 (8 reviews)
Author: Neil Simon
ISBN: 9781580814874

Author: Neil Simon

Narrator: Nathan Lane, Dan Castellaneta, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Published: 04/12/2006

Categories: Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Theater

Synopsis

Poker buddies Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison suddenly find themselves bachelors again and innocently decide to share an apartment. In this classic comedy by America’s most prolific and successful playwright, these two legendarily mismatched roommates bring down the house when they try to live together in one eight-room New York City apartment.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Dan Castellaneta, Stanley DeSantis, Steven Hack, Jamie Hanes, Nathan Lane, David Paymer, Linda Purl and Yeardley Smith.

About Neil Simon

Neil Simon is the writer of more than forty Broadway plays, including Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, The Out-of-Towners, and Lost in Yonkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rodrigo on July 03, 2021

Me ha gustado me he reído que es lo que cuenta, además he ido recordando la película que vi, hace ya.... Muy buenos dialogos entre los protagonistas, totalmente antagónicos. (view spoiler)[Trata de 2 hombres ambos divorciados al menos uno ya lo está y el otro va camino, en el que uno acoje al otro en su piso, que lo (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by Jim on May 28, 2020

I remember liking the 1968 movie with Jack Lemmon (Felix) & Walter Mathau (Oscar) a lot & used to watch the 1970 TV show (Tony Randall as Felix, Jack Klugman as Oscar) whenever I could. I liked it even better than the movie & it made me watch anything Jack Klugman did after that. When I saw this pla......more

Goodreads review by TraceyL on April 26, 2020

Great play. I listened to the LA Theatre Works production starring Nathan Lane. He was the perfect Oscar. This really put a smile on my face.......more

Goodreads review by Brad on November 20, 2021

The Odd Couple is one of those plays whose basic plot is such a part of our culture that we all think we know the story even if we haven't seen it -- especially if we've not seen or read or heard Neil Simon's original version. There are movies, there are multiple television series based on the play......more

Goodreads review by Javier on September 29, 2024

It's too bad Neil Simon didn't write a third version where the two odd couples (both the male and female) go on a double date. I'm not sure which would have been the funniest way to pair them. Maybe they could have swapped partners after the first date. No matter how he would have coupled them, I'm......more