Throughout this curiously inert and static book, Markovic returns to the story of what happened when, thanks to the photograph, his face became "the face of defeat".
As staged by Jonathan Kent against Paul Brown's colossal metal prison of a set, the show registers as curiously small and static (1 50).
As staged by Jonathan Kent against Paul Brown's colossal metal prison of a set, the show registers as curiously small and static as if a church basement production had inexplicably been placed in a vast cathedral.
Otherwise, "Man of La Mancha," as staged by the eminent British director Jonathan Kent, seems curiously small and static, like an inspirational church basement show placed inexplicably in a vast cathedral.
As staged by Jonathan Kent against Paul Brown's colossal metal prison of a set, the show registers as curiously small and static, as if a church basement production had been placed in a vast cathedral.
As staged by Jonathan Kent against Paul Brown's colossal metal prison of a set, the show registers as curiously small and static, as if a church basement production had been placed, inexplicably, in a vast cathedral.
James Levine led a curiously absent-minded performance, hurried in places and static in others.
The static effort does yield a few curiously offbeat moments, leaving the impression that Ms. Bareilles could shine if she chose a role of flawed eccentricity.
Curiously, though, the solution we settled on the familiar tube-like structures called airplanes, whose static, non-flapping wings are curved to achieve lift only bear a passing resemblance to birds.
