Doesn't Everybody Do it in Paris?

Doesn't Everybody Do it in Paris?, directed and choreographed by Liz Vacco is a fascinating piece of truly abstract theater slightly related to Flaubert's "Madame Bovary." Elements of that novel (and its translator) flit through the piece. With a mixture of English and French (which is translated), live piano in a section, an angular kind of dancing, imaginative costuming by Maki Takenouchi, Siobhan Towey and Vacco, a large set and fine lighting filled with hints of character and time by JJ Lind, terrific sound and video by Nathan Lemoine and Rob Ramirez, recorded "Jass" (the 1920's spelling of Jazz) stirred in, including a pastiche of "Blue Skies," it's a surreal, abstract, Dada Theatrical at its best. It's all deliberate, all interesting obscurities, with games, romance, planned chaos and literary references, performed with a controlled randomness by a highly professional troupe. It's probably the most interesting show in town.