Scapin at Source

Scapin

Source
1835 14th Street, NW Washington

Moliere's Scapin is a wacky, mistaken-identity farce that has the title character trying to help two pairs of young lovers. This rollicking adaptation was written by Mark O'Donnell and Bill Irwin, one of the nation's most celebrated masters of clowning and two-time Tony Award-winning star of Fool Moon and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Scapin is the ultimate trickster. When prearranged marriage and secret liaisons spiral into confusion, laughter and mayhem, he risks his life to sort out the mess and find a happy ending.

Thru - Feb 16, 2014

Price: $15 - $45

Show Type: Comedy

Running Time: 2 hours, with 1 intermission

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Average Rating based on 6 reviews

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Washington Post - Highly Recommended

"...Adding to the meta-theatre here is the improvisatory music supplied by Travis Charles Ploeger, who sits at an onstage piano in a bowler hat, sometimes sounding like the accompanist to a silent movie, at other times launching into boogie-woogie or theme tunes from films like "Chariots of Fire" and "Titanic." (Ploeger is creator/director/accompanist for Washington Improv Theater's "iMusical.")"

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- Celia Wren

DC Theater Arts - Recommended

"..."Beautiful women, graphic violence, and, um, some sort of conclusion." Toss in "excellent clown-work" and you've got a pretty good snapshot of Constellation Theatre Company's production of Scapin. It's promising, but sort of vague. Scapin is proof of a maxim that holds true in the kitchen as much as it does in theatre: having all the right ingredients doesn't guarantee the final product."

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- Justin Schneider

MetroWeekly - Recommended

"...But ultimately what keeps you most delighted is the strong acting ensemble Constellation has assembled, led by Constellation regular Michael Glenn as the crafty Scapin and Keegan Theatre's Bradley Foster Smith in a strong Constellation debut as Scapin's dim-witted sidekick Sylvestre. Among the strong cast, Nora Achrati deserves special recognition for the way she steals focus every moment she's onstage as Zerbinette. You don't want to miss anything she says or does, making even the tiniest move or gesture entertaining."

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- Doug Rule

Washington City Paper - Recommended

"...Comedic highlights include the very petite Smith posing as a biker gangster (an "assassin" in the original text) and Nora Achrati's alluring turn as a dancing gypsy. Yet most of the laughs are orchestrated not by the cast, but by an onstage pianist. Constellation has a strong track record of working with musical collaborators, and Travis Charles Ploeger has a great running gag, playing snippets of recognizable music at opportune moments. (You'll hear "O Canada" whenever there's mention of a young woman from "Taronto.") The closing song-and-dance chase scene winds through the theater for a little too long, but in the end provides one-time evidence that you can improve a French classic by ending it with a hand jive and a rousing chorus of "We Go Together.""

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- Rebecca J. Ritzel

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"...Director Kathryn Chase Bryer and her creative team have done a superb job establishing the comic environment for the production. With A.J. Guban's sets and lights combining whimsy with sleekness, and costume designer Kendra Rai's donning the actors in the most cutout of comic strip fashion and makeup, from the get-go we are primed for fast-paced electric buffoonery."

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- Robert Michael Oliver

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

Here's what you get when you pair Bill Irwin, comics like Michael Glenn, Matthew McGee and Bradley Foster Smith and Constellation Theatre Company's heightened sense of style.

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- Susan Galbraith

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Washington Post - Highly Recommended

DC Theater Arts - Recommended

MetroWeekly - Recommended

Washington City Paper - Recommended

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

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