And as is typical of the TEAM, the show brings a commendable, thoughtful compassion to a subject often treated as camp.
The waiter brings it with commendable speed and starts pouring two glasses.
But this half-hour presentation (offered again in three afternoon performances on Dec. 19) is a commendable effort to bring holiday music back to the magnificent space, where for more than a decade, until 2012, the great male chorus Chanticleer gave Christmastime concerts.
"Good Morning America" finds a strange, yet commendable, way to bring Whitney Houston die-hards to Oprah.
Given today's conservative paranoia of any government actions, such an initiative would almost surely bring millions of shouts of "keep the government out of our classrooms!" Ms. Kafka's plan is commendable, but tragically it might be a plan for an America that has ceased to exist.
Crowe's commitment is entirely commendable, and he brings his A game: the furious singleness of purpose, the savage whispering, the unadorned machismo.
With the ball, that brought 45 wickets at a commendable average of 31; with the bat, a superb return of 849 runs at 50; and he also pouched 13 catches as one of only two men who played all 16 matches for the champions.
By all accounts, Deveshwar did a commendable job of bringing the company back on the rails.
While Dov Charney brought a strong vision and a commendable mission to the apparel industry, he also became a distraction that drew attention from the core product and inhibited the leadership's ability to keep up with market trends.
Although she speaks the role with the commendable clarity that all the company brings to the verse, Ms. Gale's Juliet remains willful and tempestuous even when under the spell of Shakespeare's soul-shaking love.
