Picasso at the Lapin Agile at Straz Center for the Performing Arts

In his first comedy written for the stage, the original wild and crazy guy plays fast and loose with fact, fame, and fortune as two of the 20th centurys legendary geniuses muse on humanitys achievements and prospects as well as other fanciful topics with infectious dizziness. Its 1904 and Albert Einstein (age 25) and Pablo Picasso (age 23) meet in a haven for artists, musicians, poets, and philosophers in Paris Montmartre neighborhood. Wait, is there also an appearance by a blue-suede shoed time traveler? This (highly fictional) meeting sees the two connect before Einstein presents his new special theory of relativity and Picasso revolutionizes art with his new aesthetic represented in Les Demoiselles dAvignon.

Authors

• Steve Martin