ON THE FRINGE: The Arsonists

From the woe-for-man chorus to the jovial fire starters, all acting was spot-on and sardonic.

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ON THE FRINGE: The Arsonists

POSTED: Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 4:20 PM

A cozy house with a tight attic filled with petrol cans, an overly watchful (but tuneful) chorus of firefighters, a jittery rich family bent backward to prove they’re at one with the common man, several common man arsonists: That’s the recipe for the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium’s whack adaptation of 1958’s absurdist social-commentary comedy The Firebugs. From the woe-for-man chorus (bits of Brecht and Marx) highlighted by the elegantly stony faces of the Dura Brothers to the spazzy “Gottleib Biedermann” (Liam Castellan) to the jovial fire starters (chubby “wrestler” Ethan Lipkin, snooty “waiter” Mark Knight), all acting was spot-on and sardonic. The staging on the small stage was exceptional. The timing was superb. I simply didn’t dig the script.

Through Sept. 18, $20, Walnut Street Theater Studio 5, 825 Walnut St., MORE INFO HERE.

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