"I remember him taking all those back entrances through kitchens to get to restaurants," Thompson, the former Georgetown coach, said.
Portal 2 is a brainteaser that hinges on a mysterious weapon called a portal gun that a player can use to open entrances through walls, floors and ceilings, along with corresponding exits somewhere else.
More than 1,150 guests, wearing spring clothes and fanciful hats, made dramatic entrances through the Fifth Avenue gate, descending the grand stairway to the restored sunken Conservatory Gardens at 105th Street.
It helps that she makes all her entrances through water and one of the features of Tom Pye's set is that it allows us to appreciate the shimmering beauty of the play's lakeside setting.
Only once does this mask of reserve slip, when Helen ascends to the cemetery, like a soldier going over the top to face the enemy: Culverts across a deep ditch served for entrances through the unfinished boundary wall.
The director, David Fuller, has imbued the show with an earnest nostalgia, even recalling the famous opening night with several scenes staged in the aisles of the tiny house, and having actors, on occasion, make their entrances through a side door from the street.
