James Whale also drew praise for his deft direction.
The result is 70 minutes of charming acting and deft direction.
Unexpectedly, though, and mainly because of Michael Hardart's deft direction, the third act allows some terrific acting to shine through.
The elegant, surreal playfulness of the stage picture broadcasts the tone of Zimmerman's deft direction and her vernacular reinventions.
March 19 2009 June 14 200909 Of the ten plays in August Wilson's Century Cycle, this one (under the deft direction of Bartlett Sher) was his favorite and his masterpiece.
Even more admirably, under Kenneth Elliott's deft direction, they make audience members care about the strange characters and odd turns of plot.
Under the deft direction of Carl Wallnau, Centenary's artistic director, the company gives -- and from all appearances, has -- a high time.
It's all horribly entertaining, and Pita's deft direction keeps things moving with a swing, although as presently configured the piece loses focus in the final minutes.
Both Ms. Wallace's script and Lisa Peterson's economical and deft direction hold up until the very end, when the metaphor of flight grows too heavy for liftoff (2 30).
There is some healing before the play is through, but under Alex Dmitriev's deft direction it is left subtle and ambiguous.
The play is no treatise; burnished to a shine by Philip Seymour Hoffman's deft direction, it's a fever chart of the heart's deceptions.
