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Shapiro dexterously untangles the Gordian knot of their entwined passions, shared ambitions and business bottom lines.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2025

This idea is at the forefront in “Punch,” the feature debut of the New Zealand writer-director Welby Ings, which dexterously balances familiar emotional beats and an impressive, nimble approach to form.

From New York Times Mar. 9, 2023

Meanwhile, the protean Jefferson Mays gave resounding theatrical voice to the panoply of eccentrics in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in a solo tour de force dexterously directed by Michael Arden.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2018

Within a few pages, private lives and public affairs are dexterously entwined, and from then on Renton’s nimble touch never fails.

From Washington Post Jun. 8, 2018

The occasional stones which were being thrown at her by the Old Ones she dexterously caught and swallowed, in the maddening way which chickens have when you are trying to drive them off.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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