Word: poignant
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Mistry draws his people with such care and understanding that their trials become our tragedies. He sees the blighted ideals in objects, and the hopes in superstitions. He gives a voice, and poignant face, to all the people in the street. Ultimately, he makes corruption intimate, and the warm commotion of Bombay as sad as the death of the man next door...
Despite the decibel problams, A Lie of the Mind successfully blends humorous moments with poignant drama. Both the actors and the director have obviously studied the play closely. If Working Title's debut performance gives any indication of future prowess, the company's April staging of The Three Sisters will be a production to remember...
...SNOW BALL. Wasp laureate A.R. Gurney (The Cocktail Hour, Love Letters) is a shrewd chronicler of social class customs and conflicts in this Hartford Stage mounting (also to appear at San Diego's Old Globe) of a new play with music and dance adapted from his poignant novel. It shows the seductive folly of revisiting past pleasures -- for a generation that revives its youthful midwinter gala and for a pair of former partners, perfect on the dance floor but not off, reunited in a last bittersweet waltz...
ISLAMIC ART AND PATRONAGE: TREASURES FROM KUWAIT, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Tx. This show's 107 items -- illuminated manuscripts, glazed pottery and jewel-encrusted metal work -- are a poignant reminder of the artistic heritage of one of the world's most turbulent regions. March 16 through...
...poignant scene is played out time and again in America's courtrooms. A small, bewildered child sits in a witness chair, being led by an attorney through shocking testimony. The youngster speaks haltingly of unspeakable things done to him or her by a stranger, a baby-sitter or even a parent. Could such an innocent soul possibly be telling anything but the truth...