The Odd Couple (play) Misa Noeru as Felix. In 2011, Cezary Żak and Artur Barciś (popular actors from the Polish hit TV series "Ranczo") performed as Oscar and Felix in "Dziwna Para", a Polish rendition of "The Odd Couple." The play was performed in the U.S and in Toronto, Canada and received good reviews. In 2016, Australian comedians Shaun Micallef and Francis Greenslade starred as Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison in a version of the play directed by Peter Houghton. The play was performed at Southbank Theatre, Melbourne from November 5 to December 22, 2016, and received positive reviews. In 1985, Neil Simon revised
Madison Square and Madison Square Park at about the same location to honor the city's war dead. Thomas Hastings designed a triple arch which cost $80,000 and was modeled after the Arch of Constantine in Rome. Once again, a bid to make the arch permanent failed. The park was the site of an unusual public protest in 1901. Oscar Spate, a displaced Londoner, convinced the Parks Commissioner, George Clausen, to allow him to pay the city $500 a year to put 200 cushioned rocking chairs in Madison Square Park, Union Square, and Central Park and charge the public 5 cents for their use. Free benches were