Word: charmingly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...opening of "Pas de Quatre" entailed the four statuesque dancers en pointe, fluttering across the stage in symmetrical configurations. As each attempted to outdo the next with instant charm gushing out of the numerous pas de bras and arabesques, it became humorously evident that the small Conservatory stage was not expansive enough to accommodate the simulated egos of such tutu-ed princesses. The simplicity of the choreography complimented the complex interplay of rivaling ballerinas, and each dancer carried off her role with distinct glares and cross-stage sneers...
...productions in the Loeb Experimental Theater have tried for originality simply by changing a play's setting and adding lots of sexual innuendo. While Rachel Sexton '00's production of The Misanthrope uses both of these devices, in this case, the added twists enhance the play's charm and the end result is both cosmetically and intellectually refreshing. Of course, Moliere's tale of the struggle between honesty and courtesy would be poignant in any age. Setting Moliere in the Roaring Twenties, though, works particularly well, since the excesses of 17th century Parisian society translate rather easily to the freewheeling...
...director Bryan Singer's phrase, "an old, alcoholic, sitcom-watching Nazi" hiding in California anonymity 40 years after the war and amused to perform a facsimile of his old mischief on a curious teenager (Brad Renfro). As Whale in Bill Condon's film, McKellen is sunset charm incarnate, a gay man melting inside his decaying body for the gross, cheerful fellow (Brendan Fraser) who works in the garden. It's Chekhov in lavender...
Today, 33 years and more than a billion dollars later, that quick wit and peculiar go-for-the-jugular charm are still predominant in the man who was hired to pilot Netscape through Microsoft-infested waters--and who, on the witness stand, is proving to be Bill Gates' worst enemy. John Doerr, the venture capitalist and Johnny Appleseed of Silicon Valley who helped recruit Barksdale, refers to him as the "gold standard of CEOs...
...story line were Mrs. Watty (played by Elizabeth Newhall) and her daughter, Bessie (played by Jamie Smith). Newhall nearly stole the show in every scene in which she appeared--she was funny and feisty and always on target, as the tough, punchy Mrs. Watty, whose verve never failed to charm the audience...