But Vanessa Redgrave, as the morphine-addicted mother of a family at war with itself, elicits them again and again in this fine, soul-piercing production of Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical masterpiece, directed by Robert Falls.
Throughout the song, the swaths of reverb occasionally pierce through the production.
Three-quarters of a century after its publication, what strikes you most about the book is what it tells us about Le Corbusier's intellectual range, from a passionate defense of the values of American industrial production to a piercing analysis of ancient Greek and Byzantine architecture.
The piercing organ riff, bare-bones vocal track, and low-fidelity production make it a safe candidate for first punk rock song ever.
Their opening production, "Julius Caesar," dressed in Fascist uniforms and lit with piercing shafts of "Nuremberg" lights, turned Shakespeare into the hottest political dramatist of the nineteen-thirties.
But such animating sparks of piercing feeling too rarely cut through Mr. Farr's capable but superficial production.
While the bigger production set pieces are largely throwaways, there are enough emotionally piercing ballads to hold our hearts.
Mr. Béjart's volatile personality, complete with piercing blue-green eyes, was on display as often as his productions.
"Make Me Feel" is the latest -- and most emotional -- of his productions, serving up flourishing synths with a side of piercing vocal stabs and R&B.
These piercing organs are developed only in females, which use blood protein in egg production.
Mr. McGregor's piercing blue eyes glint like lit-up jewels in the crepuscular dimness of the production.
