sleekness

There’s no intermission, and the attractive and easily transformable wooden shack set by Derek McLane lends the production an unencumbered sleekness.

Appealing as that is, the contemporary sleekness of the campus sets it apart from the gritty, red brick surroundings.

The Bel Air house, fairly hideous and mostly blank to allow for its transformations, necessitates a lot of choral furniture-handling that works against the sleekness of the material.

The clear, cool acoustics of the new Geffen Hall work against textures getting too heavy; they favor breezy sleekness, which is perfect for Denève, whose music-making exudes relaxation without losing forward motion.

Set in the mid-1990s and in limited supply of the visual sleekness that distinguishes so much of Apple’s programming, it often looks and feels like a throwback.