Review
Sitting in my bedroom, viewing a screener copy of “Dream Team”, my initial bewilderment eventually curdled into boredom.
In this illuminating show you’ll recognize the state that (for now) is home to Donald Trump and was the habitat for Jeffrey Epstein and a wide range of other dangerous creatures.
This stage adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel earns its keep — the production is provocative, well acted, and completely engaging.
There was, after all, something Faustian in the prospect of an elixir that promised to reveal glimpses of the divine while simultaneously burning pits of fire in the seeker’s brain.
In director Steve McQueen’s “Blitz”, chaos can be a scary but exciting adventure, as tragedy and trauma mingle with the magic of a fairy tale.
Choreographer Heather Stewart’s use of the stage space, while not “immersive” by the standard art world definition, is inventive and meaningful.
Director Jamie Lloyd’s loud and brash revival is all sound and fury, signifying nothing.
It is a great gift that the Gardner Museum has made such a strong and lively exhibition, presented exclusively in Boston, devoted to Manet.

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