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Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 7m
Steve Martin
Steve Martin’s long-running off-Broadway absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism.
Winner! 1996 Outer Critics Circle Award, Best off-Broadway Play
This is the 2017 revised version of the script and is the only version that is approved for performance.
This long-running off-Broadway absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism. In his first comedy for the stage, the popular actor and screenwriter plays fast and loose with fact, fame, and fortune as these two geniuses muse on the century’s achievements and prospects, as well as other fanciful topics, with infectious dizziness. Bystanders, including Picasso’s agent, the bartender and his mistress, Picasso’s date, an elderly philosopher, Charles Dabernow Schmendiman, and an idiot inventor introduce additional flourishes of humor. The final surprise patron to join the merriment at the Lapin Agile is a charismatic dark-haired singer, time-warped in from a later era.
Picasso at the Lapin Agile opened at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois, on 13 October 1993.
It later opened off-Broadway at the Promenade Theater on 22 October 1995. Directed by Randall Arney, the production featured Carl Don, Susan Floyd, Harry Groener, Tim Hopper, Peter Jacobson, John Christopher Jones, Gabriel Macht, Mark Nelson and Rondi Reed.
FREDDY – The owner and bartender of the Lapin AgileGASTON – An older manGERMAINE – Waitress and Freddy’s girlfriendALBERT EINSTEIN – Age twenty-fiveSUZANNE – Age nineteenSAGOT – Picasso’s art dealerPABLO PICASSO – Age twenty-threeCHARLES DABERNOW SCHMENDIMAN – A young manTHE COUNTESSA FEMALE ADMIRERA VISITOR
Parts for up to 7 men and 4 women!
A bar in Paris. 1904.
“Steve Martin’s enlightening play is equally smart and silly.” – Hartford Courant
“It’s important to remember that the playwright of Picasso at the Lapin Agile is Steve Martin, stand-up comic, actor, writer, banjo player and something of a genius in his own right. So when big questions are being addressed, you can be sure that a layer of silliness is always in place (and, subversively, a layer of seriousness beneath that).” – The New York Times
“Highly credible and... very funny. The subject matter is daring... You get giggles in plenty [and] moments of enlightenment... The introduction of the final, exquisitely selected visitor from the future is a master stroke.” – New York Post
“Consistently entertaining.” – New York Daily News
“Very engaging... Martin sends ideas onstage in baggy pants, with a cigar... mix[ing] the sublime with the ridiculous [so] that they can't be easily disentangled... Very good fun.” – The New York Times
“A major treat.” – Newsday
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
25 Years Later: Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agileby Kevin Rigdon27 November 2018
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