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The play is focused around showing Scalia’s “heart,” and while at times it was cutesy and dramatized, it is a rare modern-time play for Arena Stage.
Scalia, played by Edward Gero, feels less iconic and more human, full of humor, occasional anger, faith and kindness.
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Gero still rules as Scalia in ‘The Originalist’
The disarming laughs come early as Strand hands the stage to a Scalia who’s combative but charming as he lectures on law and parries with the feisty young liberal who will be his foil throughout the evening. “The Originalist” demands that you like Scalia: Then maybe, just maybe, you’ll hear his arguments. Gero woos the crowd beautifully with a virtuosic blend of bluster, intellect and devastating wit.
Strand’s play has been a hit for Arena, where it’s now playing on the larger Kreeger stage after premiering in the 200-seat Kogod Cradle two years ago (and then playing several theaters across the country). Director Molly Smith hasn’t substantially restaged the piece: It’s still furnished with little beyond Scalia’s imposing desk, and it still uses a thrust stage, though it’s cut back from the runway that jutted well into the Cradle’s seating.
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