The dancers are splendid (as is Mr. Krupnick's camera work), with Ms. Marsen a particularly delightful, tireless and sometimes impudent sprite in her quasi-tutu and sneakers.
The playground was, by all accounts, splendid: as well as gymnasium-style bars, there were bathing pools for boys and girls; and, in a touch that the current parks administration might consider emulating, rocking chairs were provided for mothers with infants.
The ride of the Ram 1500 is pretty darn splendid, as far as full-size pickups go.
But the la zi ji at Dongpo is splendid, as compulsive as a treasure hunt, chopsticks darting through the mountain of chiles for stray nuggets of meat, an activity you will pursue like a Pavlovian, for long minutes after the last bit of chicken has definitely disappeared. .
Jamieson's was as splendid as a silver can possibly be.
Freddie Fox is splendid as sweet and surly Simon.
Splendid as he is, Mr. Larible has plenty of company.
Ellen Adair, in her first season with the company, is splendid as the plucky Helena.
Cherry Jones is splendid as Amanda, a faded bloom in the bouquet of family.
Speaking of onions, the luscious sautéed ones were splendid, as were the crisp, wispy onion rings.
Almost every sentence meanwhile, has been as splendid as those first few.
