Witty dialogue, a talented cast, great costumes and classy set design make “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” the total package.

The musical, showing at the Arvada Center through Sunday, Sept. 30, was fresh enough to appeal to high school students who were there on a field trip (though the dialogue is rather risky at times) and was clever enough to make the elderly in the audience smile.

Two “dirty rotten scoundrels” are busy operating alone as con artists.

There’s the smooth Lawrence Jameson, played by Dennis Parlato, who swindles big bucks out of rich women.

“This lady is Lenore, she feels her life’s become a bore. You see her husband’s 94 this May, but hey, she’s down for $50 mil, in an addendum to his will. And where ever there’s a will, there’s a way, I always say,” Lawrence sings, regarding one of the women he’s wooing.

And then there’s the uncouth Freddy Benson, played by Ben Nordstrom, who scams on a much smaller level than his counterpart.

Freddy is excited when he scams a woman out of a mere $20.

“I never knew angels had such beautiful breasts!” he exclaims to the donor.

Lawrence looks at Freddy like a pest and tries to shoo him away.

However, Freddy is impressed with the high life Lawrence has.

“I thought I’d seen it all, I thought I knew the score. But coming here, I’ve found a world I’d never seen before. Now I know where I belong — a life of taste and class, with culture and sophistication pouring out my (expletive),” Freddy sings as he takes a look around Lawrence’s expensively decorated home.

Lawrence decides to take Freddy under his wing, and mold him into a suave swindler like himself. But the plan backfires when Freddy decides he’s just as gifted as Lawrence when it comes to conning women out of money.

So the men make a bet to see who can con an heiress of a soap empire out

of $50,000.

The deal is, if Freddy loses, he must disappear.

On second thought, Lawrence decides on a couple places Freddy can run his games.

“China, Iceland, El Salvador, and just to show there’re no hard feelings, I’ll even throw in Commerce City,” he says.

This challenge leads to Freddy being wheelchair bound, suffering from “Dance Fever,” and Lawrence pretending to be a specialist who could cure him.

The musical is funny and upbeat, and the dialogue sticks closely to the 1988 movie starring Steve Martin and

Michael Caine.