Coverage dated October 22, 2026

‘The Imaginary Invalid’ Broadway Review: Molière Gets Clowned By A Winning Bill Irwin

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The La-Z-Boy-style brown leather recliner that’s a focal point of Bill Irwin’s The Imaginary Invalid opening tonight on Broadway doesn’t really mesh with the eye-popping 17th Century French frills and finery that suggest a stage invasion of brilliantly plumed vainglorious peacocks, but no matter.

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‘The Imaginary Invalid’ Broadway Review: Molière Gets Clowned By A Winning Bill Irwin (opens Deadline)
Published Oct 22, 2026
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The La-Z-Boy-style brown leather recliner that’s a focal point of Bill Irwin’s The Imaginary Invalid opening tonight on Broadway doesn’t really mesh with the eye-popping 17th Century French frills and finery that suggest a stage invasion of brilliantly plumed vainglorious peacocks, but no matter.
New York Post
‘The Imaginary Invalid’ review: Unfunny Molière revival on Broadway makes you scream ‘Sacré bleu!’ (opens New York Post)
Published Oct 22, 2026
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Perhaps the audience in the Todd Haimes Theatre imagined that they had laryngitis. Because the laughs certainly did not flow freely at the recent performance of Molière’s “The Imaginary Invalid” I sat through.