masterwork

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So perhaps it’s somewhat fitting, if hardly ideal, that the uneven new Broadway revival of this masterwork, directed by Debbie Allen, takes its time to find its own sure footing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

“Completed in 2019 and designed by Don Ziebell, it is a masterwork combining subtle finishes and exquisite details.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

At its London premiere before coronavirus closed the theatres, The Standard newspaper described it as a "late masterwork... wise, witty and devastatingly sad".

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

Love, who sued Wilson repeatedly through the years to get songwriting credit for dozens of songs he claimed he helped write, bristled at the suggestion he’d upended his cousin’s masterwork.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

In 1637, Norwood’s masterwork of navigation, The Seaman’s Practice, was published and found an immediate following.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson