"Ecstasy is what’s being transmitted. There’s an edge of desperation, though, within this bacchanalian glee...It turns out to be a tantalizing setup for the more conventional narrative that follows...If the disparate production elements here don’t cohere into a tonal whole, most of them are exquisitely rendered...I kept hoping for more dancing. And toward the show’s end, there is some, but it is, inevitably, more somber and deliberately faltering than that earlier eruption of bliss."
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"Consistent throughout the disparate sections is commentary on the jittery, erotic, fearful thrill of being seen...There are exquisite moments in 'Cabin,' usually when the men dance together...For about 45 minutes, the structure is clever...But the piece turns out to be better at tension than release; it comes to a stop rather than an end. Donovan’s too-abrupt conclusion disappoints its thriller structure and ruptures the luscious time dilation of the rest of the play."
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