Irwin & Dirden Unearth the Modern Relevance and Joy in Molière's The Imaginary Invalid

Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid may be more than 350 years old, but for director Brandon J. Dirden and adapter and star Bill Irwin, there is nothing dusty about it. This season, the pair are bringing the classic comedy to Broadway in a new adaptation by Irwin, with Dirden at the helm. And while the play arrives with centuries of history behind it, their approach to the material is decidedly alive: a company of expert comic actors in a room together, testing jokes, pushing physical comedy to its limits and searching beneath the farce for something recognizably human.

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Bill-Irwin-Brandon-J-Dirden-Are-Finding-the-Heart-Hilarity-and-Radical-Joy-of-THE-IMAGINARY-INVALID-20261004)._