Before he has even reached 40 – a veritable child in architectural terms – Bjarke Ingels has built a global reputation for buildings that ooze energetic, cartoonish glee, his process of design presented with a polished TED-talk logic that makes the BIG brand seductive to clients the world over.
And there is the thorned glee of energetic, more lighthearted numbers like "Gimme Some," an ode to avarice ecstatically performed by Mr. Ribeiro and the winning child actor Morgan Burke, and "Don't Forget 127th Street," a sardonic catalog of the dubious pleasures of living in Harlem.
Pardue called the group performance of "You Can't Always Get What You Want" "energetic casual and very Glee", but felt it "would have been nice" to feature different singers.
The rest of the cast orbited around her with maniacal glee, with particularly energetic performances coming from Ali Haas and Devin S. O'Brien as Angela's scheming children.
Eleena Melamed and Marian Butler were unquenchably energetic as the Whores, who could dance and pick pockets with equal glee.
She praised Lynch as Sue, writing that "Lynch alone makes Glee worth watching", and claimed that overall: "The music, though by no means edgy, is energetic with a wide audience appeal, like the show itself.
The result was a splashy, seven-hour celebration that saw the beloved "Glee" veteran take the stage at New York's Pier 97 with fellow stars Aaron Tveit, Laura Osnes, Leslie Odom Jr. and Lea Salonga for energetic sets comprising show tunes, contemporary pop and even Disney classics.
Its energetic live shows — which in recent years have been dominated by obscure or unreleased material — brim with the kind of unembarrassed glee and flailing interpretive dance that calls to mind a child's birthday party.
