Each production succeeded magnificently.
It is as a power play, if you will, that this production succeeds so beautifully.
But as a piece of dance-theater, this uneven production succeeds and fails by turn.
It is a credit to Mr. Sullivan that the production succeeds in making it both.
But Kevin Shaw's production succeeds because the piece was originally conceived on an intimate scale.
As a whole, this production succeeds wonderfully in making the whole opera far more dramatically involving than it usually is.
Last year Ms. Murphy and Mr. Hallberg were not the only lead dancers with whom this production succeeded; I hope to report on further casts and supporting players later.
Directed with flair by Jerry Ruiz, this handsome production succeeds on the strength of its cast, which with a few pace-stopping exceptions, is top notch.
Even if Mr Martelly's ambitious plan to double rice production succeeded, this would still produce barely half the rice that is consumed.
If the production succeeds, it could prove a breakthrough not only for Mr. Ratmansky and Ballet Theater but also for the currently much-vexed cause of ballet as theatrical drama.
