Steve Carell and John C. Reilly Will Lead a New Broadway "The Odd Couple"

Steve Carell and John C. Reilly will star in a new Broadway revival of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, the producers announced. The show opens for a 15-week limited engagement on March 3, 2027, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. A limited engagement is a run with a set end date, announced in advance.

Deadline reported the casting on November 12, 2026. Carell will play Felix Ungar, the fussy newspaper writer whose separation from his wife leaves him sharing an apartment with his slovenly friend. Reilly will play Oscar Madison, the sportswriter who takes him in.

The supporting cast is also set. Laura Benanti will play Gwendolyn Pigeon, and Heléne Yorke will play Cecily Pigeon. James Monroe Iglehart will play Murray, Rob McClure will play Vinnie, Kevin Del Aguila will play Roy, and David Zayas will play Speed.

Thomas Kail will direct. The producers are Jeffrey Seller, The Season (Mike Karns and Steven Tartick), Kail, and Emanuel Azenberg. The design team includes scenic designer David Korins, costume designer Brenda Abbandandolo, lighting designer Stacey Derosier, and sound designer Jill BC Du Boff.

Opening night is set for Tuesday, March 23, 2027. Previews, the performances before the official opening, begin ahead of that date.

The play has a long history on Broadway. The original production opened in 1965, was directed by Mike Nichols, and starred Walter Matthau and Art Carney. It won four Tony Awards, the theater industry's top honors. This revival also marks the centennial of Simon's birth, a milestone for a playwright whose comedies filled Broadway for decades.

Carell is not new to the stage. He made his Broadway debut in 2024 in the title role of Lincoln Center Theater's revival of Uncle Vanya. Reilly's name will be familiar to many theatergoers from his film and stage work, though the announcement did not list his other credits.

For anyone planning to see the show, the key date is the end of the run, not the start. A 15-week engagement is short by Broadway standards, and tickets for a limited run tend to move quickly for that reason. Seats for performances that have not yet happened are sold as the advance, the tickets already sold for future shows, and that number is what producers watch closely in the weeks after a casting announcement.

The announcement did not include ticket prices or on-sale dates.