<div dir="ltr"><br><div><h1 class="gmail-title entry-title" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 40px 0px 0px;width:670px;display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#ff0000"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#ff0000"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#ff0000"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">LAND OF </font><span>CLEVE REVIEW:</span><a href="http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2017/06/cleve-review-picasso-at-lapin-agile-is.html" rel="bookmark" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;outline:none;text-decoration:none"> </a></font></div><font size="6" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="text-align:left"><a href="http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2017/06/cleve-review-picasso-at-lapin-agile-is.html" rel="bookmark" style="outline:none;text-decoration:none"><font color="#9900ff">'Picasso at the Lapin Agile' </font></a></div><div style="text-align:left;outline:none;text-decoration:none"><font color="#9900ff"><a href="http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2017/06/cleve-review-picasso-at-lapin-agile-is.html" rel="bookmark" style="outline:none;text-decoration:none">is a Stage Work of Art </a><a href="http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2017/06/cleve-review-picasso-at-lapin-agile-is.html" rel="bookmark" style="outline:none;text-decoration:none"><br></a></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><a href="http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2017/06/cleve-review-picasso-at-lapin-agile-is.html" rel="bookmark" style="outline:none;text-decoration:none"><font color="#9900ff">at Blank Canvas Theatre</font></a></div></font><br></h1></div><div><div style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><b><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:large">REVIEWED BY VIVIAN LUTHER</span></font></b></div><div style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><b><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:large"><br></span></font></b></div><div style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><b><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:large"><br></span></font></b></div><div style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><b><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:large">Under the direction of Jonathan Kronenberger, t</span><span style="font-size:large">he production is intelligent, humorous, touching</span><span style="font-size:large">,</span><span style="font-size:large"> and at times wonderfully chimerical. In addition, the director</span><span style="font-size:large"> has cast the play with an impeccable ensemble of actors. He sets them in motion so perfectly that it's like you are watching a “moving” piece of art.</span><br><br><span style="font-size:large">Kronenberger keeps the pace of the </span><span style="font-size:large">intermissionless</span><span style="font-size:large"> </span><span style="font-size:large">show moving flawlessly, leaving you with the feeling that you just went on your favorite </span><span style="font-size:large">amusement park </span><span style="font-size:large">ride and you want to get back in line and “go again!”</span><br><span style="font-size:large"><br></span></font></b></div><div style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><b><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:large"></span><span style="font-size:large">Scenic, lighting and sound designer </span><span style="font-size:large">Patrick Ciamacco creates an environment for the piece that is so inviting, it feels like there is no delineation between the audience and the actors. There is a great deal of wine pouring that goes on during the action, and the wide variety of different shaped and colored bottles – a small but very noteworthy act of “prop” brilliance -- really adds to the overall authenticity of the barroom setting.<br><br>Costumer Luke Scattergood meticulously outfits each character, down to the barmaid's nifty hose and a pair of cool blue shoes. Each character's look is consistent with turn-of-the-century fashions, which is definitely an accomplishment in this day and age. Kudos to Mr. Scattergood. <br><br>As for the cast members, they blend together like paint on a canvas (if Picasso was writing this review) or like the numbers in one of  Einstein's formulas – each providing balance and support for one another. </span></font></b></div><div style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:large"><b><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></b></span></div><div style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><b><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:large">The seamless ensemble (in order of appearance, to appease the playwright) features </span><span style="font-size:large">John Busser as </span><span style="font-size:large">the steady, endearing barkeeper Freddy; Rich Stimac as the sympathetic, wonderfully gregarious Gaston; Carla Petroski as the simmering, sultry barmaid Germaine; </span><span style="font-size:large">Robert Kowalewski as </span><span style="font-size:large">the quirky, ethereal, magical Albert Einstein; Becca Ciamacco as the hot-blooded passionate debutante Suzanne; Greg Mandryk as the flamboyant, carefree art dealer Sagot; </span><span style="font-size:large">Roderick Cardwell II as </span><span style="font-size:large">the brooding, erratic, confident Pablo Picasso; </span><span style="font-size:large">Ronnie Thompson as </span><span style="font-size:large">the pompous, sweetly boastful Charles Dabernow Schmendiman; </span><span style="font-size:large">Britta Will </span><span style="font-size:large">as the beautiful, quirky Countess; and last but not least, Evan Martin as the humble, lovelorn, futuristic Singer...</span></font></b></div><div style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:large"><br></span></b></div><div style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:large"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:large"><b><a href="goog_26916568"><font color="#9900ff">TO READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW, CLICK HERE:</font></a></b></span></div><div style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue Light',HelveticaNeue-Light,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><b><font color="#ff0000"><a href="http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2017/06/cleve-review-picasso-at-lapin-agile-is.html"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2017/06/cleve-review-picasso-at-lapin-agile-is.html</span><span style="font-size:large"> </span></a></font></b></div></div></div>