He had been a highly respected director since the 1960's, having established his reputation with works of candor and subtlety.
Although men still write three-quarters of the plays that get produced, Gunderson has built a national reputation with works that center on women's stories.
Here Mr. Guerrero builds on that reputation with works by American mavericks, beginning with Charles Ives's "Universe Symphony," which, the musicologist Richard Taruskin wrote, "has haunted the history of American music like a mythical beast".
From the 1980s Scottish architecture began to recover its reputation with works such as the building to house the Burrell Collection in Glasgow (1981).
He published his thesis on Coke of Holkham in 1975, and made his reputation with his work on 20th-century international history.
Meanwhile, Amir's parents-in-law are telling social stereotypes: the woman forbidden her one passion (singing) who puts all her energies into her family and the once-great man who refuses to sully his reputation with menial work while he waits for the call to return to the old country.
"This is a kid who busted his tail". Riley earned a reputation with his work ethic long before his days as a Bruin began.
One, Hans Hemmert, helped bolster Gupta's reputation with plaster works that include "Hip Hop Porsche," a car decorated with crosses.
Yves Abel, the Canadian conductor, upholds his reputation with some fine work in the pit: the orchestra sounds lean, lithe and agile, stripped of hyperbolic bombast.
A gifted public speaker, he enhanced his reputation with his philanthropic work for the United Jewish Appeal and his sponsorship of the New York University real estate institute, where he teaches an annual course.
