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“But not, like, sobbing,” Tina says, in an ad-lib by Colón-Zayas.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025
It has a pantomime theatricality to it, featuring shots of the audience and including moments when the actors corpse - a term used to describe breaking character and laughing - and ad-lib on stage.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2024
“He couldn’t ad-lib some unity?!” asked co-host Joy Reid.
From Salon • Jul. 16, 2024
The speech isn’t something he can ad-lib or pull from memory, hence the notes, and he’d never use a PowerPoint presentation.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024
Kids wouldn’t move to the right places during rehearsals, or would ad-lib wisecracks, which Mrs. Finley didn’t think at all funny.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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Reading: Literature - Drama - Introductory
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Theater - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Drama - Middle School
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