The plot-driven horror-movie framework sometimes stifles the freewheeling quartet of actors (the hyperarticulate Greta Gerwig seems particularly muted) but they nonetheless conjure a sweet, low-key intimacy to balance the project's whiz-bang ingenuity.
Like most singers who rely on various degrees of declamation, Ms. Salonga was most appealing when she relaxed and sang a sweet, low-key rendition of "Someone to Watch Over Me," accompanied by a single guitar.
Set in the tiny fishing community at the northern tip of the Bronx, "City Island" is softened by some sweet, low-key moments between Vince and a fellow acting student (a very good Emily Mortimer) and by Mr. Garcia's embodiment of disappointed middle age.
On the afternoon of the gala, he reportedly panicked his company — not that you would have known from the evening's performance — by changing the order of the numbers in "Also Playing"; the final one is now the sweet, low-key solo for the stagehand alone in the empty theater.
1 hour 35 minutes The list of temptations a filmmaker can fall into when making a movie about high school students and virginity is quite long, but Jonathan Kasdan avoids most of them in his sweet, low-key comedy "The First Time".
This new musical about a high school kid who dreams of winning the talent contest with his magic act has a sweet, low-key charm and a lot of talent onstage.
The characters are so well-drawn by now, and for the most part so likable, that a sweet, low-key episode about Michael and the staff bonding over their singlehood worked even without a lot of memorable jokes".
He's not impressing anyone with sound or intensity; he's going for a much sweeter, low-key sort of music, kept bubbling by the drummer Denardo Coleman (his son) as well as the bassists Greg Cohen and Anthony Falanga, who come together and play the rhythm of no rhythm.
The low key rocker was very cool, modest and soft spoken, while Michaele was sweet and very gracious to all of the guests.
