It's not what's behind a curtain, but behind a screen, that counts most crucially in Synetic Theater's graphically clever new adaptation of the 18th-century French fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast." The semitransparent partition mounted on wheels is a delightful conduit for many of the supernatural (as well as more naturalistic) exploits in director Ben Cunis's largely successful treatment. The screen makes possible …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:53PM on December 10, 2014