Bing Search  Entertainment News  Review: Satire 'Figaro' is
irreverent, gleeful fun  NEW YORK (AP) — Figaro was a character
who spoke truth to power, with sharp humor as his best weapon.
Thanks to playwright Charles Morey, we're seeing his "Figaro-ian
schemes" in a fresh light, in the Pearl Theatre Company's
sprightly presentation of Morey's witty, irreverent send-up,
titled simply, "Figaro."  Morey adapted his quip-laden script
from the original 18th-century social comedy by Beaumarchais,
"Le Mariage de Figaro." The Pearl's broadly comical production,
the first in their new off-Broadway home on far west 42nd
Street, opened Sunday night in a well-acted, richly-costumed and
colorful staging.  The actors expertly dash and whirl around the
stage, slamming doors and conspiring at cross-purposes,
sometimes hiding in plain sight and, of course, eavesdropping at
crucial moments while offering winks and asides to the audience.
Beaumarchais was famous for mocking the wealthy and privileged,
often using wily servants