It wouldn't be so bad if our own kids went along with the plan and stood still while we get the performance over and done with.
Mr. Guirgis, meanwhile, said that he felt uncomfortable during the performance over the weekend.
He called Mr. Malhotra in Wisconsin and had him listen to the performance over the phone.
We talked before the performance over proseccos at one of the tables in the theater's lovely little whitewashed cafe, which doubles as the lobby.
But he added: "We are obviously pleased with the performance over Christmas but I don't think it takes away from conditions that make the market extremely challenging.
And the feel of the performance over all (like that of the symphony) was one of passionate involvement with no sacrifice of technical refinement.
For me, the orchestra, and the performance over all, became grounded in an attempt to make the most of every moment.
Yes, the performance over the Potters was an impressive one, but they remain in fifth, 10 points behind the leaders and precariously just one point above West Ham.
At Goldsmiths, University of London, a comedy show by feminist Kate Smurthwaite in February was pulled after students threatened to picket the performance over her position on the legalisation of prostitution.
Why he abandons her halfway through the show and gives the performance over to a bunch of dopey kids and, even worse, a desperately uncool counselor turned scoutmaster, is a puzzling choice.
The performance over all, sensitively conducted by Andrew Davis and featuring a winning cast, made an excellent case for this Strauss curiosity, his final opera, which had its premiere in Munich in 1942 in the midst of World War II.
