Saturday, June 21, 2025
If there was ever a time we needed a good farce, this is it. Fortunately for us, the Red Bull Theater has put together a production of Moliere's final work, "The Imaginary Invalid." Like all good farces, this is a fairly simple story that pokes fun at human beings doing what human beings do. Argan (Mark Linn-Baker) is a hypochondriac who lost his first wife a year earlier. His doctor bills are huge, and as a solution to his problem, he wants to marry his daughter Angelique (Emilie Kouatchou) off to a doctor. The trouble is she loves non-doctor Cleante (John
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Mark Linn-Baker on Moliere and Comedy
"The Imaginary Invalid" by Moliere is opening at New World Stages in Manhattan on Monday, June 2, starring Mark Linn-Baker. Stagebiz was lucky enough to get a few moments of his time to discuss the play and a few of his past triumphs. Stagebiz: How did you come to be a part of the “Imaginary Invalid”? MLB: I had been talking with Jesse Berger, artistic director of Red Bull Theatre for a couple of years about finding a project to do together and we decided on “Imaginary Invalid”! Stagebiz: Was this part of your work with New York Stage and Film? MLB: New York