A comedy hit written by Steve Martin.
Performances Run February 4 – March 12, 2017 at The Old globe
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Old Globe Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein (seated, center) with the cast of Picasso at the Lapin Agile, by Steve Martin, directed by Edelstein, running February 4 - March 12, 2017 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox. |
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| Philipe Bowgen is Pablo Picasso |
The Old Globe announced the complete cast and creative
team for its revival of Steve Martin’s clever and crowd-pleasing comedy hit
Picasso at the Lapin Agile. This is the third Martin work in three seasons at
the Globe, following 2014’s world premiere musical Bright Star, which went on
to Broadway and five Tony Award nominations, and last year’s twice-extended
world premiere comedy Meteor Shower. Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry
Edelstein will direct, continuing the pair’s long creative relationship that
started in the 1990s with WASP and Other Plays and The Underpants. Picasso at
the Lapin Agile will play February 4 – March 12, 2017, on the Donald and
Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad
Prebys Theatre Center. Previews run February 4 – 8. Opening night is Thursday,
February 9 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets start at $29 and are on sale now to the general
public.
Paris, 1904: The Lapin Agile, beloved watering hole to
struggling artists and would-be geniuses, welcomes two soon-to-be legends for
one extraordinary night. Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein, whose egos are as
big as their intellects, spar with the regulars and each other about art,
science, inspiration, love, and the promise of the 20th century. Throw into
this mix a mysterious visitor with a penchant for blue suede shoes, and you’re
in for a brilliant and witty evening in the theatre.
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| Don Faison is Freddy |
The stellar cast will include Philippe Bowgen (world
premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s War, Off Broadway’s The Changeling) as
Pablo Picasso; Donald Faison (Dr. Christopher Turk on “Scrubs,” “The Exes,”
Clueless) as Freddy; Kevin Hafso-Koppman (Globe’s Macbeth and Love’s Labor’s
Lost, current student of the Shiley Graduate Theatre Program) as Visitor; Liza Lapira (“Dollhouse,” “Dexter,” “Huff”) as Suzanne, Female Admirer, and
Countess; Hal Linden (Globe’s The Twenty-seventh Man, “Barney Miller,” Tony and
three-time Emmy Award winner) as Gaston; Justin Long (Dodgeball, He’s Just Not
That Into You, “New Girl,” “Ed”) as Albert Einstein; Ron Orbach (Globe’s The
Twenty-seventh Man, Clueless, Broadway’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor and
Chicago) as Sagot; Marcel Spears (title role in Othello and Bottom in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream at Classic Stage Company) as Charles Dabernow Schmendiman;
and Luna Vélez (“How to Get Away with Murder,” “Dexter,” Broadway’s Into the
Woods) as Germaine.
The creative team includes John Lee Beatty (Scenic Design),
Katherine Roth (Costume Design), Russell H. Champa (Lighting Design), Lindsay
Jones (Original Music and Sound Design), David Huber (Vocal Coach),
Caparelliotis Casting (Casting), and Anjee Nero (Production Stage Manager).
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| Kevin Hafso-Hoffman is Visitor |
“I’m thrilled to welcome Steve Martin back to the Globe for
the third time in as many years,” said Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director
Barry Edelstein, who will direct the production. “Picasso at the Lapin Agile is
a smart and hilarious play that asks serious questions about art, science, and
genius while it cracks goofy jokes about history, romance, and how to bake a
pie in the shape of the letter e. A star-studded and brilliant cast comes to
San Diego to ring in 2017 with laughter, and I cannot wait for our audience to
see the fun and surprises we have in store.”
There will be several surrounding events along the run for
this wonderful show. Below are just some of them. Even more will be announced
soon!
· BEHIND THE LEGENDS: Wednesday, February
15, 2017, at 6:00 p.m.
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| Liza Lapira is
Suzanne, Female Admirer, Countess
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Get to know Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein in a whole new
way! Join the leaders of Balboa Park’s preeminent arts and science
organizations to explore the connections between these iconic figures of the
early 20th century. Roxana Velasquez (Maruja Baldwin Executive Director of the
San Diego Museum of Art) and Dr. Steven Snyder (Chief Executive Officer of the
Fleet Science Center) will provide brief introductions to the lives and works
of Picasso and Einstein. They will then participate in a joint
question-and-answer session to explore the points of connection between these
two great revolutionary minds. FREE at The Old Globe and open to the public.
· BRUSHES AND BEAKERS: Wednesday, March 8.
In conjunction with the Fleet Science Center, this fun event
will partner a scientist and a painting instructor to help people create
science-inspired art. Further details to come.
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| Hal Linden is Gaston |
· TWO SCIENTISTS SPECIAL EDITION: A
SCIENTIST AND AN ARTIST WALK INTO A BAR: Thursday, March 9.
An artistic variant on the popular community program by the
Fleet Science Center, Two Scientists Walk into a Bar—where local scientists
join folks for a beer and good conversation in a local bar—gets a special twist
when an artist is added to the mix! Join them, and ask them anything you want!
For this special edition, the Fleet is partnering with the San Diego Art
Institute, with some of the artists and scientists drawn from SDAI’s May
exhibition, Extra-Ordinary Collusion: Art & Science Collaboration. Further
details to come.
INSIGHTS SEMINAR: Tuesday, February 7,
2017, at 5:30 p.m.
An opportunity to closely connect with productions both
onstage and backstage. A panel selected from the artistic company of each show
(playwrights, actors, directors, designers, and/or technicians) engages patrons
in an informal and illuminating presentation of ideas and insights to enhance
the theatergoing experience. Reception at 5:00 p.m. FREE.
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| Justin Long is Albert Einstein |
· SUBJECT MATTERS: Saturday, February 11,
2017, following the 2:00 p.m. matinee.
Explore the ideas and issues raised by a production through
brief, illuminating post-show discussions with local experts, such as
scientists, artists, historians, and scholars. Subject Matters will ignite
discussion, bring the play’s concerns into sharp focus, and encourage you to
think beyond the stage! FREE.
· POST-SHOW FORUMS: Tuesdays, February 14
and 21, and Wednesday, March 1, 2017.
Join us after the show for an informal and enlightening
question-and-answer session with cast members. Get the inside story on creating
a character and putting together a professional production. FREE.
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| Ron Orbach is Sagot |
SINGLE TICKETS to Picasso at the Lapin Agile start at $29
and can be purchased online at
www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE [234-5623],
or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. Discounts
are available for full-time students, patrons 29 years of age and under,
seniors, military members, and groups of 10 or more. Performances begin on
Saturday, February 4 and continue through March 12, 2017. Performance times:
Previews: Saturday, February 4 at 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, February 5 at 7:00 p.m.;
Tuesday, February 7 at 7:00 p.m.; and Wednesday, February 8 at 7:00 p.m.
Opening night is Thursday, February 9 at 8:00 p.m. Regular Performances:
Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., Thursday and Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday
at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. There will be
an additional matinee performance on Wednesday, March 1 at 2:00 p.m. and no
matinee performance on Saturday, March 4.
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| Marcel Spears is
Charles Dabernow Schmendiman
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LOCATION and PARKING INFORMATION: The Old Globe is located
in San Diego’s Balboa Park at 1363 Old Globe Way. Through a special arrangement
with the San Diego Zoo, Old Globe evening ticket-holders have the opportunity
to pre-purchase valet parking in the Zoo's new employee parking structure. With
a drop-off point just a short walk to the Globe, theatregoers may purchase
fast, easy, convenient valet parking for just $20 per vehicle per evening.
Pre-paid only, available only by phone through the Old Globe Box Office. Call
Today: (619) 234-5623. For more information: http://www.theoldglobe.org/tickets/parkingvalet.aspx.
There are numerous free parking lots available throughout
the park. Guests may also be dropped off in front of the Mingei International
Museum. The Balboa Park valet is also available during performances, located in
front of the Japanese Friendship Garden. For additional parking information
visit www.BalboaPark.org. For directions and up-to-date information, please
visit www.TheOldGlobe.org/Directions.
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| Luna Vélez is Germaine |
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| Steve Martin |
Steve Martin (Playwright) began his career on “The Smothers
Brothers Comedy Hour” (1967–1969), for which he earned his first Emmy Award for
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music in 1969. In the
mid-1970s, Mr. Martin shone as a stand-up on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny
Carson” and NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” His films are widely popular successes
and are the kind of movies that are viewed again and again: The Jerk (1979),
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), Roxanne (1987), Parenthood (1989),
L.A. Story (1991), Father of the Bride (1991), and Bowfinger (1999). As an
author, Mr. Martin’s work includes the novel An Object of Beauty; the play
Picasso at the Lapin Agile; a collection of comic pieces, Pure Drivel; a
bestselling novella, Shopgirl; and his memoir, Born Standing Up. His writing
has also appeared in The New Yorker. Mr. Martin is an accomplished, Grammy
Award-winning, boundary-pushing bluegrass banjoist and composer who has won
three Grammy's for performing and composing. He has earned numerous honors
including an Academy Award, five Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, the Mark Twain
Prize, and the Kennedy Center Honor. Mr. Martin and Edie Brickell’s musical
Bright Star premiered at The Old Globe in 2014, played a limited engagement at
The Kennedy Center, and received acclaim in its Broadway run at the Cort
Theatre. In addition to five Tony Award nominations, Bright Star received Outer
Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding New Broadway Musical and Outstanding New
Score. Mr. Martin’s Meteor Shower made its world premiere at the Globe in 2016.
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