"The good stuff is that there is a tremendous demand, affection, and regard for these performers and this play," Mr. Frankel said.
He might be spotted demanding affection from his favorite (gloved) humans.
The threatening husband demands roughhouse affection from his cowering wife.
Chhabi Biswas's great performance as the central character demands our affection, however, and we can share in his regret for the past even as we mock him.
The core themes of the ballet — the different tugs of duty and love felt by an artist, the demands for affection made by an artist's spouse, the continuance of art beyond life and death — emerge with absolute directness.
"If mom reads your personal mail, stalks you on social media and then grills you about it, shows up at your home unannounced or demands time, affection or consideration and gets hurt if you say 'no,' it's a classic breach of boundaries," Tessina said.
Yesterday's boys are today's girls, guarding their sensibilities and their virtue against predatory attack, demanding commitment, affection and babies.
The set changes little — it features tall, leafless trees, a door, and a few props — but the actors make up for its simplicity by creating wonderfully real and complex characters who demand our affection.
Though Chloe has been teasing him with demands for physical affection and glimpses of her long, smooth legs, he's shown her nothing but fatherly care; little Maddy adores her; even Pauline, despite her clear suspicions, seems to grow fond of the teenager.
