Mr. Welch, recognizable to many by his unruly mop of brown hair, first performed in New York as Silvestre in a hyperkinetic 1997 production of Molière's comedy "Scapin," starring Bill Irwin, at the Laura Pels Theater. Ben Brantley, writing in The New York Times, called it "a sensational New York debut."
SOURCE: The New York Times at 08:33AM on December 6, 2013