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While the show does not shy away from representing decay and destruction, the irrepressible vibrancy of Kostianovsky’s work conjures a world that feels vividly alive.
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 19 July 2024
But the play’s humor and skewering of patriarchal assumptions seemed to director Chilcote a good match for commedia’s irrepressible clowns and irreverence toward social hierarchy.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
There are a lot of agonists in women’s tennis; Paolini seems like the rare, irrepressible optimist.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 July 2024
The big stars have already signed up again, according to the post – Mike Myers will voice the eponymous ogre, Cameron Diaz will return as Princess Fiona and Eddie Murphy will reprise his role as the irrepressible Donkey.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 10 July 2024
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 19 July 2024
But the play’s humor and skewering of patriarchal assumptions seemed to director Chilcote a good match for commedia’s irrepressible clowns and irreverence toward social hierarchy.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
There are a lot of agonists in women’s tennis; Paolini seems like the rare, irrepressible optimist.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 July 2024
The big stars have already signed up again, according to the post – Mike Myers will voice the eponymous ogre, Cameron Diaz will return as Princess Fiona and Eddie Murphy will reprise his role as the irrepressible Donkey.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 10 July 2024
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