The piece is directed with a goofy, sympathetic sense of fun by Billy Hopkins.
The jokes come in pairs, like scissor blades, and it is directed with a desolate sense of space and silence.
Taking its shape from "Short Cuts," Robert Altman's collaboration with Raymond Carver, "Things" was directed with a lighter-than-air touch by the newcomer Rodrigo Garcia.
It looks gorgeous, is directed with a loose, easy swing and boasts a terrific performance from Dern as a modern-day pilgrim chasing an impossible dream.
Like the two couples at the center of Ms. Parks's play, which opened on Wednesday and has been directed with a radiant clarity by Oskar Eustis.
Although "The Ballad of Little Jo" is directed with a strong, imaginative hand by Tina Landau, it bears the limitations of Landau's avant-garde pedigree.
It has been directed with a masterly, almost perverse bravura that even the Vatican might appreciate, if the Roman Catholic Church hadn't denounced this Italian film.
It was directed with a sure, delicate touch and great intimacy by Rama Burshtein, a New York-born Orthodox woman who studied film in Israel.
Fortunately, the periodic confrontations about this subject don't interfere too much with the fun in the play, which has been directed with a palpable confidence by James Bundy, Yale Rep's artistic director.
That said, there is much to extol in "Frog and Toad," which is directed with a light but confident hand by David Petrarca and stars Jay Goede and Mark Linn-Baker in the title roles.
