Even the gargoyles dance in Synetics fierce The Hunchback of Notre Dame
What Victor Hugo did for the Royal Shakespeare Company, he now does for Synetic Theater. That is to say, as the 19th-century French novelist’s “Les Misérables” proved a defining vehicle for that venerable British company, his “Hunchback of Notre Dame” gives a hyper-creative Washington group a source for one of its most beautifully realized productions.
It’s the beguiling unity embodied by Synetic’s “Hunchback” that sets it above some of Artistic Director Paata Tsikurishvili’s other fine shows.
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