A PICASSO at Promenade Playhouse

The curtain rises. We are in Paris, 1941. A screen projects black and white images of old Parisian streets on the Left Bank. The rue des Grands-Augustins, Picasso's studio, and his favorite hangout, Le Catalan Café, come to the forefront. The romance is contrasted by the sound of marching boots and the reality of the German Occupation. The boots invade our set, an underground vault. Lights up! Our hero, Pablo Picasso, is thrown in! Sex, Art, Politics, Nazis, and a classy 20th century icon are all wrapped up into an intense, confrontational drama with sensitivity and wit. Mademoiselle Fischer, a beautiful, "cultural attaché", from Berlin has arrested Picasso. She needs him to authenticate three of his pieces, recently "confiscated", by the Nazis from their Jewish owners, for inclusion in a "degenerate art show", curated by Joseph Goebbles. Picasso does, whereupon he learns that the works will be destroyed in a bonfire! French Opening (with English Subtitles): Saturday, October 7th @ 7:30PM & Sunday, October 8th @ 5:00PM. English version: Opens October 13th @ 8:00PM on Friday & Saturday