Based on the 1988 film of the same name which centers on two con-men living on the French PAGE 6Riviera. One, a small-time crook, swindles women by waking their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother’s failing health. The other is a suave, sophisticated con artist who also makes his living by talking rich ladies out of their money, but on a much grander scale.

The World Premiere of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” was presented by The Old Globe (Jack O’Brien, Artistic Dir; Louis G Spisto, Exec Dir) in San Diego, CA where it opened on Sept 22, 2004 (to 11/7).