The Odd Couple & The Sunshine Boys
Kevin Oakes, James Morgan, Mike Marklove, Mario Mateluna
In Vorbereitung
für das Frühjahr 2023
Gefördert vom:
„The Sunshine Boys“: Al and Willie as „Lewis and Clark“ were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren`t even speaking. When CBS requests them for a „History of Comedy“ retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries, and laughs.
The story follows the attempt by a young theatrical agent to re-unite his elderly uncle, a former vaudevillian great, with his long-time stage partner for a TV reunion. Despite their celebrated reputation, the two old men have not spoken in twelve years. Besides remastering their sketch, the two men have numerous issues to work out before they are ready to return to the public eye.
„The Odd Couple“: This classic comedy opens as a group of the guys assemble for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it’s no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Unger, who has just been separated from his wife. Fastidious, depressed, and none too tense, Felix seems suicidal, but as the action unfolds, Oscar becomes the one with murder on his mind when the clean freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together with hilarious results as The Odd Couple is born.
Die beiden Komödien mit jeweils vier Schauspielern sind in dieser Inszenierung auf ihren psychologischen Kern reduziert: Einsamkeit und Streitkultur unter Männern, in ihren beruflichen und privaten Lebensbereichen.
Die herkömmliche Boulevardtheater-Dramaturgie löst sich auf in modernen Formen des Theaters: Stimmen aus dem Zuschauerraum, Filmsequenzen und Musikeinlagen beleuchten die Ebenen zwischen der Realität der Spielfiguren und ihren rückwärtsgewandten Phantasien, aktuellen Imaginationen und Zukunftsängsten.
Darsteller
Kevin Oakes
James Morgan
Mike Marklove
Mario Mateluna
Mitarbeiter-Team
