Sentence examples for sharp theatrical from inspiring English sources

Expect sharp theatrical bite.

For those who relish an evening of short, sharp theatrical shocks, this may be just the ticket.

"My first distant impression was that the opera was so murkily philosophical that it would lack sharp theatrical profile," Mr. Botstein said.

A provocateur with sharp theatrical instincts, Alden has placed the opera in a surreal nineteen-thirties Spanish setting, vaguely evocative of Buñuel films.

Mr. Hytner, who helped make Alan Bennett's "History Boys" a sprightly cash cow for the National, has always combined sharp theatrical intelligence with a populist instinct for what the customer wants.

Its sold-out run at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, where Letts cut his razor-sharp theatrical teeth, has led to the show running a year and a half on Broadway, and the darkly comedic geneology of the Oklahoman Weston family has garnered the Pulitzer and more Tonys, Oliviers and other awards than a modern American playwright would generally dare wish for.

When I spoke to Godard in 2000, he offered a sharp and theatrical repudiation of digital technology.

Major choreographers like Massine and George Balanchine recognized Mr. Franklin as a quick learner with a sharp mind and theatrical flair.

"After the Reconciliation" (of course, the relatively happy ending is built into the title) is a modernist melodrama of emotional severity and archly playful humor in which decades' worth of hard-lived bonds are unpacked in dramatic gestures, sharp dialogue, and theatrical metaphors.

His adaptations of "A Clockwork Orange" in 2003 and "Fahrenheit 451" in 2006 were surprisingly sharp-edged, breathing vivid theatrical life into sprawling material on tiny stages.

The two-disc set includes a sharp, clear transfer of the theatrical version of the film and a director's cut, with three minutes added, that is so muddy and visually unattended to it might as well be on videotape.