Much of the show is devoted to women's clothes in which basic elements are subjected to various kinds of playful exaggeration or mistreatment.
This San Francisco cabaret singer who made her New York debut two years ago has come a long way since then, and in her new show, "Mood Swings," the cuddlesome singer strikes various attitudes of playful sensuality.
I had never seen Pink live before, and I was immediately taken by the way he balanced impressive displays of technical skills on various instruments with playful little vocal flourishes.
That book, despite its name and its various jabs, was also playful and, at times, wistful in its affirmation of the bond that tethered the author to his former friends, and in its recognition of the emotional hold that only youthful friendships or enmities can have on us as we age.
The mood is largely playful, adopting the various styles of American folk-rock cheerfully and unselfconsciously.
When the students are not serenading the opponents with chants -- often vulgar -- they turn on one another in playful challenges to various seating sections.
The other 21st-century factor is the interactive and personal nature of the jewels, which can be taken apart to be worn in various settings or changed in playful ways while being worn.
So as a thick knot of boats converged on the dock to register, there were glances and playful mutterings from various competitors about the efforts of other racers to gain an edge.
In various parts of the palace, a playful approach is taken to ideas of exterior and interior.
Wide in references and various in tone (now serious, now playful), James is reluctant to limit himself – in life as in cultural consumption.
