The Imaginary Invalid at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

The Imaginary Invalid

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. Topanga

Constance Congdon's fresh and hilarious adaptation of Molière's skewering of the health care crisis from an entirely different century. Plagued by a growing pile of medical bills, Madame Argan (Ellen Geer), a chronic hypochondriac, will go to any length to marry her daughter off to a doctor. Of course, her daughter has other ideas. This potent elixir of romantic triangles, double entendres and mistaken identities proves, in the end, that laughter really is the best medicine. Alan Blumenfeld stars alongside Geer as Dr. Purgeon.

Thru - Oct 2, 2016

Price: $25-$38.50

Show Type: Comedy

Box Office: 310-455-3723

www.theatricum.com

The Imaginary Invalid Reviews

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LA Splash - Recommended

"...Vicki Conrad's lush costumes are a pleasure to see. Theatricum Botanicum is always set on the side of a rustic hill and allows for minimal intervention with nature - yet the skilled production team has managed to add to the seventeenth century ambiance by little details in props, lighting, and sound. Overall, this is an excellent production of a Moliere classic. It will have the audience laughing from beginning to end - both at the ridiculous behavior of the principals and the brilliance of the lines. The audience should be aware that this broad presentation contains a great deal of physical humor and carries farce to a new level."

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- Elaine L. Mura

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

"...Theatricum Botanicum legend Ellen Geer follows her 2014 Queen Lear with another gender-bending star turn, this time as Moliere's Malade Imaginaire, aka The Imaginary Invalid, Constance Congdon's 21st-century adaptation turning a three-and-a-half-century-old farce into a playfully raunchy laughfest that would do Mel Brooks proud."

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- Steven Stanley

ArtsInLA - Highly Recommended

"...Conventional wisdom says laughter is the best medicine. Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum fills prescriptions in generous supply with its production of Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid," adapted by Constance Congdon. But beware: In doing so, it raises quite a stink."

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- Dany Margolies

Theatre Notes - Recommended

"...The Imaginary Invalid is performed in a highly exaggerated style that has the effect of lampooning not only the characters and situations of Moliere's devising, but self-consciously lampoons of the show itself with stylized physical and vocal motifs often done repeatedly, such as when Angelique flings herself on her bed in mock despair. And whenever "the second husband" is mentioned lightening flashes, thunder rolls and a horse whinnies à la "Young Frankenstein," a wink and a nod to a knowing audience."

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- Paul Myrvold

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