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There’s no accounting for when a show will speak to you, but this fleetly staged, sensationally acted touring production is first-rate all around.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2024

He held up a hand, smiling fleetly at Pence.

From New York Times Oct. 23, 2018

In the bathtub, Bella hummed to herself: “I’m glad to go, I cannot tell a lie. I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly.”

From The New Yorker May 1, 2017

On Misha Kachman’s nightclub set, with metallic curtains and a long runway bisecting the theater, Gardiner maneuvers his actors and dancers fleetly, on the show’s grand and tragic march from the two-step to the goose-step.

From Washington Post May 18, 2015

Frankie’s hands move fleetly, but I’ve got a good eye.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz




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