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<\/a>Siguenza, himself an accomplished artist, creates paintings on stage each night \u2013 not imitations of Picasso, but original \u201cSiguenzas.\u201d He makes one artwork that depicts an audience member, then at the end of the show bestows it upon the delighted subject. A sweet moment, indeed.<\/p>\n
As written and performed by Siguenza, Picasso is fascinating and far from his dotage. The Spanish artist, who once kept both a wife and a mistress simultaneously, lived until 1973. He remained married the last part of his life to Jacqueline Roque, who is absent in the play because she has taken Picasso\u2019s two children to Paris.<\/p>\n
With a swirling dose of artworks, especially Picasso\u2019s masterpiece from 1937 called \u201cGuernica,\u201d which still haunts the artist, the script delivers Picasso\u2019s nuggets of wisdom regarding art, war, women and work. There are few actors who could deliver such maxims without becoming tedious.<\/p>\n
Congratulations to Siguenza, director Todd Salovey, projection designer Victoria Petrovich, and scenic and costume designer Giulio Perrone, who serve up an endlessly delicious and colorful repast. Much admired, Perrone not only creates Picasso\u2019s villa in southern France, called Le Californie, he also gives us an idea what the artist wore in which to work.<\/p>\n
Even though no one else appears in the play, the designer and Siguenza give us a real sense that the bread man, Picasso\u2019s dealer, and others are present in the wings and could walk in at any moment. With its charming Satie-like music, Bruno Louchouarn\u2019s sound design is reinforcement of the sunny games an artist plays to keep himself engaged.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Weekend With Pablo Picasso\u201d continues in extension through Oct. 13, with three additional shows added from its original run.<\/p>\n
Editor\u2019s note: There will be two performances of \u201cA Weekend with Pablo Picasso\u201d performed by Siguenza in Spanish: Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. \u201cThere is a very large Spanish speaking demographic in the San Diego area that has been underserved by all of the regional theaters in the area,\u201d Siguenza said in a press release. \u201cSan Diego REP has produced many shows by Latino writers and themes but never a full-production in Spanish, which is the native and preferred tongue to many who live and work in the area. I want to prove that if a quality professional production in Spanish is produced, audiences will support it.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cA Weekend with Pablo Picasso\u201d<\/strong> Endlessly delicious, Siguenza\u2019s original one-person production is a colorful relief By Charlene Baldridge | SDUN Theater Critic The life of Pablo Picasso is a prime example of the fact that one need not be an admirable person to be a magnificent artist.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":246548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"Introspective: two lives","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549,11547,11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-features","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWHERE: San Diego Repertory Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza (Downtown)<\/strong>
\nWHEN: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m. through Oct. 13<\/strong>
\nINFO: 619-544-1000<\/strong>
\nWEB: sdrep.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"