The Imaginary Invalid
About This Event
Bill Irwin appears with The Imaginary Invalid at the Todd Haimes Theatre in a staging of Molière’s late comédie-ballet. Irwin’s vaudeville-rooted clowning and choreography — a Tony Award for acting and a choreography nomination — shapes a production that leans on dance, musical breaks and exact physical timing. The ensemble’s focus on physical comedy and stagecraft sharpens the play’s social observation.
About the Artists
Bill Irwin
Bill Irwin is an American actor, choreographer, and clown whose work grew out of vaudeville technique and the physical disciplines that helped fuel the U.S. circus revival of the 1970s. On Broadway he earned a Tony Award for acting in *Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* and later received a Tony nomination for choreography for *Largely New York*.
The Imaginary Invalid
The Imaginary Invalid is a theater group centered on Molière’s late comédie-ballet about illness, vanity, and medical fashion, staged with spoken comedy alongside music and movement. In New York City, the production has been presented at the Todd Haimes Theatre, placing a French classic in a Broadway context.