Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays |  | Author: Steve Martin
Publisher: Grove Press
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Edition: 1st Pbk. Ed
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ISBN: 0802135234
Dewey Decimal Number: 812.54
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Publication Date: August 7, 1997
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Amazon.com Review
Ever wonder what it would have been like if wild and crazy Steve Martin had written an episode of "The Twilight Zone"? Well, wonder no more. The zany actor/comedian made playwright rookie of the year with this, the script of his first comedy, set in a bar in 1904 Paris. Two of the regulars, twentysomethings Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein, argue about the art of physics and the physics of art as they try to impress and bed a pretty girl. And then the space/time/culture continuum ruptures, and they're joined by a figure from the future who seems to be . . . Elvis Presley! Read for yourself why the show's been done Off-Broadway and at regionals around the country.
Product Description
Steve Martin is one of America's most treasured actors, having appeared in some of the most popular moves of our time. He is also an accomplished screenwriter who has in the past few years turned his hand to writing plays. The results, collected here, hilariously explore serious questions of love, happiness and the meaning of life; they are rich with equal parts of pain and slapstick humour, torment and wit.
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 An extremely funny take on serious stuff May 9, 2000
Doug Vaughn
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
Steve Martin has always been a "serious" writer, in that he is interested in using humor to make people think and to highlight ideas in new ways. "Picasso at the LapinAgile" is a delightful piece of theatrical slight of hand wherein he creates the meeting of the century that never happened between the most influential scientest and the most influential artist and, after a wonderful setup, does a quantum leap into the absurd. It's fun to read and on stage (I saw the production at Ford's Theater in D.C.) it is fantastic.Recently on a trip to Paris I climed Montmarte Butte to find the site of the Lapin Agile, the bistro in which Martin's play is set. It is still there and still in business, but alas, never saw nor will see a coming together of intelligence, talent and ego such as that envisioned by Steve Martin in this play.This is very smart comedy but funny enough in other ways to work for most audiences. I highly recommend it.
"Picasso" is a witty look at the turn of the century. December 18, 1999
Angela
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" is a well- constructed and amusing read. Seeing it performed is ideal, but reading it is also rewarding. The use of subtle humor and irony by Martin provides the reader with a quick and enjoyable read. With all of the recent talk about the entrance into the 21st century, the play's references to the turning of the 20th are especially funny. I recommend this play highly to anyone.
Tremendous plays! November 29, 1999
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
For anyone looking to direct a wonderful, challenging one act play, try this collection! I directed WASP (which is full of fantastic monologues, just right for auditions for both men and women) and have been constantly thinking of new ways in which it could be interpreted. There is a lot of room for a director to innovate within the text. The other plays in this collection -- I have read them happily, thinking of their surprisingly poignant possibilities. I highly recommend this collection to anyone who is ready for a fun, compelling artistic challenge!
See it staged! March 24, 2000
S. Murphy (Los Angeles, CA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Picasso and Einstein meet for coffee. I saw this produced at Cambridge's American Repertory Theater and returned twice in order to get my fill. To date, this is Martin at his finest. His theme, the dependant and invisible relationship between the seemingly disparate worlds of art and mathematical science, is deftly explored with the whimsy of his previously published short stories. Please, do not be swayed by previous reviewers who are thrown by effects based on simple theatrical devices such as asides or sotto voces. These forays into the audience (to me) represented the Theory of Relativity's elastic concept of time and space as applied to the artistic presentation of story. Without having to bow to the box-office-numbers God of film, Martin is free to run with his wonderful intellect. I suggest you come along for the ride.
"Picasso" is Martin at His Best December 11, 1999
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Not only is "Picasso" a hilarious romp into Steve Martin's genius imagination, the play also tackles the "Big Issues" that make our culture tick. While discussing Art (capital "A") and Existence (capital "E"), the characters also hum with humanity and integrity. Leave it to Martin to bring Einstein to the masses.
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