Picasso
at the Lapin Agile
Aurora
Fox: through 10/14
John
Ashton has directed a very fine production of Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the
Lapin Agile” on the main stage over at Aurora Fox Arts. It’s only playing
through this weekend so you’ll have to scratch whatever is on your calendar and
get tickets now. Ashton has a spectacular cast and its playing to huge
audiences.
This reviewer prefers
Ashton’s previous productions of this show like the one at Berardis simply
because Martin’s play seems to be more suited to a more intimate venue. Don’t
tell that to all the happy patrons at The Fox though. They all had a rollicking
good time.
The cast includes
such Denver favorites as: Rhonda Brown, Jack Wefso(Einstein), Tupper
Cullum, Kurt Brighton, Eric Mather(Schmendiman)
and Benjamin Cowhick(Picasso). It’s a dream cast to be sure!
On the night this
reviewer was in attendance Kurt Brighton’s Sagot stole the show creating waves
of laughter whenever he opened his mouth to speak.
Wefso, Brown, Cowhick and
Mather garnered their share of the laughter as well. However ... sometimes the scripted onstage laughter
seemed forced due to the need to project into the huge auditorium.
Brandon Philip Case’s
set and Jen Orf’s lighting add immeasurably to this fine evening of theatre.
Sharon McClaury’s costume design is very fine indeed. The costume she created for Ms. Brown is spot on!
Jonny
Barber’s performance in the role of “the Visitor” is a hoot and a half! Awesome
work!
You owe it to yourself to see this show.
Not
to be missed.
The Aurora Fox
City of Aurora - Cultural Services Division
9900 E Colfax Ave
Aurora, CO 80010
303-739-1971
No comments:
Post a Comment