In Timeline’s A DISAPPEARING NUMBER, Comfort Can Be Found in the Orderly World of Numbers

In Timeline’s A DISAPPEARING NUMBER, Comfort Can Be Found in the Orderly World of Numbers

In this challenging and dividing cultural moment, there can perhaps be no greater longing than the one to make order out of chaos. And that is precisely why the characters in A DISAPPEARING NUMBER are so drawn to mathematics: that universe follows a separate and orderly reality—a reality far more comforting than the one in which these individuals (and the audience members) find themselves. It is a startling and lovely resonance, reinforced by Timeline’s equally lovely production.

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