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Étoile Recap: This Must Be the Place
The lonely nature of revitalizing the companies and pursuing perfection is beginning to weigh on everyone.
To succeed in a struggling industry, performing-arts administrators devote extra personal time to cultivating relationships that could be beneficial to their organizations, whether that’s schmoozing donors to secure contributions or showing up at events to be an active part of the community. “The Rat” kicks off Nutcracker season at MBT, a hectic time made all the more stressful by Jack turning 45, the age when men in his family die (except Uncle John, who survived a boogie-board accident at 45 but was clinically dead for two minutes). He makes a surprise appearance at Jack’s birthday party, looking a total mess because he just escaped from being “taken.” Kidnappings are a regular occurrence that are sorted out by Crispin’s ransom insurance company (“the real criminals”), and Callow’s breezy disposition sells the absurd comedic premise.
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