Three of the musicians sat on stage, but the trumpeter, Joshua Frank, stood in the first balcony, and his mournful, martial interjections came like slightly menacing warning shots.
Just as it's advisable to understand every unfamiliar Elizabethan word in "Hamlet," an actor needs to understand where every Mametian clause and interjection is coming from.
Even interjections can come under fire.
Jessica Davis-Irons, the director, makes a few missteps, and the Andrews Sisters interjections sometimes come across as blaring interference, but overall the staging skillfully serves the script.
Her interjection into the debate came as the debate over the economic case for independence continues to rage.
Pretty much all Vivaldi's notes are there; around, above and in between them come interjections, overlays and linking passages involving guest musicians from jazz and rock: Orphy Robinson, Damon Reece, Z-Star and others.
His open-throated singing, the tremolo/vibrato, the manic, electrifying stage performances and perceived honesty were particular hallmarks, along with the use of interjections, for example "gotta, gotta, gotta", some of which came from Cooke.
