![]() ![]() ![]() The Alchemist reunites Hatcher with some of the principal movers behind Red Bull’s hit 2017 production of The Government Inspector : not just director Jesse Berger, but also set designer Alexis Distler, who contributes another handsome bilevel playing space, and costumer Tilly Grimes, who fashions a beguiling succession of outfits and disguises. ![]() This sustained bluff goes a long way in Red Bull Theater’s production of The Alchemist, freely adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from Ben Jonson’s 1610 comedy about frauds and the dupes who love them. Theater is a confidence game: The actors’ unshaking commitment to the untruths they are telling can hook an audience on even the most dubious of lines.
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