As are the shows tickets.)

Just venture to resist.

But the songs, picking up the plays themes, also turn unexpectedly insightful.

PUBLIC WORKS Musical Adaptation of William Shakespeare’sTWELFTH NIGHTConceived by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub Music and Lyrics by Shaina TaubChoreography by Lorin LatarroDirected by Oskar Eustis and Kwame Kwei-ArmahFeaturing Kim Blanck (Femal

Credit: Joan Marcus

(The Public Theater website has information for performancesthat are fully ASL-interpreted.)

When employed by the hearing actors, the signing feels like an accent laid over their speeches or songs.

It rarely hits hilarious highs but delights with a steady insistence and overwhelms with a tidal wave of enthusiasm.

Let it wash over you.B+