Only during a 15-minute ballet segment in Act II, delightfully choreographed by Graciela Daniele in her Met debut, does the production convey a clear attitude.
The New York production, acted with delightfully subtle humor, is directed by Trip Cullman with a confident, playful stylishness.
Its reviewer complained that Mr. Williamson had tried to cram too many events into one evening's entertainment, but called the first act "light and delightfully funny".
Championing the work of young and established composers, they remain consummate entertainers; a class-act with a delightfully British wit.
Last year's outing signalled the arrival of a delightfully unusual act – a perky sadsack in tonsure wig and buck teeth, thrilled to have an outlet for his high-pitched anti-comedy and bedroom philosophising.
If you find prehistoric metal artefacts or anything gold or silver over 300 years old, the delightfully-titled Treasure Act requires you to report it but you will be rewarded with a tidy payment of the full market value of the stash, in the event that the state decides to buy it.Less venerable or noteworthy objects will be yours to keep.
Fans of "The Jabberwocky" and "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" will appreciate this new edition of Carroll's nonsense poem "The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Acts," which is illustrated with delightfully surreal (and somewhat macabre) drawings by Mahendra Singh.
The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner is brilliant, and delightfully explained how strongly evolution acts today, even away from the ravages of our species.
Leading on the encore with a lively cover of The Saints' "Know Your Product", helped by her support act, the whole set is shambolic, raucous and delightfully organic.
But before He and She get down to sharing a real kiss — an event that is delightfully postponed until the end of Act I — they prolong the anticipation by discoursing about tongue hockey, which He maintains the public doesn't like to watch.
And as anyone who has ever had the pleasure of seeing the Mexican act in English will be well aware, his accent is delightfully Latin.
