Mr. Gray, who stages his own work, steers his underdog story so cautiously, moving in the straightest of lines, that you don't always realize how deftly he's setting you up.
There are more than a dozen pastas and risottos, and, once you realize how deftly the Brunos combine ingredients, you'll want them all: the scia-latielli (a short pasta, like fusilli left untwisted) made with arugula and basil and prepared with asparagus, clams, and sun-dried tomatoes; the monkfish ravioli with thyme; the cavatelli with shallots and pancetta.
Liberals learned this the hard way late in the presidential campaign, when they began realizing how deftly the alt-right was able to use viral jokes, hashtags, and images as a propaganda tool, often to bolster white supremacist ideology.
"I realized they have this," said Ms. Hakata, a 29-year-old Tokyo native, as her hand slipped beneath a table to deftly plug her I.B.M. ThinkPad into a wall socket.
You will need to effectively manage a talented group of people, pilot successful collaborations within and outside of your group, deftly navigate the complexities of the institution, adeptly manage the inevitable conflicts that arise in a high stakes environment, tackle the challenges of running a small business, and inspire others to do their best so that your scientific vision is realized.
Yet this comedy is often so deliriously entertaining and so deftly constructed, you won't realize for a time that one of America's favorite, new, politically astute comics is having her values derailed.
But this exhibition is so deftly managed and theatrically displayed, you may not even realize how many balls are being kept in the air.
Seimetz deftly navigates a difficult role as she slowly comes to realize that nobody is what he or she appears to be.
