Lucy Bailey’s direction was mostly clear and concise, though there were a few moments that left me scratching my head. The biggest “wait, what?” moment came right at the start of Act 2, when Salome finds the body. She looks under the bed on the side with no curtain (helpfully left open for the audience’s benefit), sees nothing, and then dramatically pulls back the curtain at the foot of the bed. But later, when Poirot enters, he just walks around to the open side and grabs th

Direction by Kathleen Marshall was clear, confident, and consistent. Even in the more chaotic scenes, nothing felt forced — she kept a...