(And somebody should have told Mr. Holtzman to lose the soapy, just-for-old-times smooch between these two; in context it is absurd.) Carolyn Cantor, who directed the production for Primary Stages, has not been able to draw out performances that might loosen up the writing's tidiness.
But without pumping up or milking the music in any way, Mr. Noseda led a vigorous, exacting and pulsing performance, drawing out inner details and lending lightness, with a mordant touch, to the many scenes of backstage bustle and frivolity at the company where Adriana is a star.
There have been villains on both Tours who have turned the serve into a drawn-out performance that has angered opponents and slowed the entertainment considerably, but this is no way to police it.
In a drawn-out performance piece, Trump read out his second and third pronouncements in the aftermath of Charlottesville, while throwing in that he lives "in a bigger, more beautiful apartment" than the elites aligned against him, "and I live in the White House too".
It's too theatrical, too wordy, to be one of his great films, but he still draws out wonderful performances from his cast.
What was it like casting this picture, and was there anything in particular — any approach you had — that helped draw out those performances from the young actors?
That smile should give you nightmares, but Mr. Howard, a competent craftsman who tends to dim the lights in his movies even while brightening their themes ("A Beautiful Mind"), has neither the skill nor the will to draw out a dangerous performance from Mr. Langella, something to make your skin crawl or heart leap.
It likely took something else to draw out your best performance.
In her vibrant performance she drew out, more than in other performances I have heard, the quirky rhythmic complexities that churn below the seemingly jovial surface of the music.
I really wanted to bring forth and draw out a really vulnerable performance that draws the line between reality and fiction.
Lupo's crystalline yet emphatic performance helped draw out the piece's deeper meaning, Mozart's own underlying conflict between the imperatives of festive public pomp (as seen in the opening theme's martial strut) and the inner compulsions of personal expression (which Lupo brought out with dark-hued vehemence).
