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The production, co-created and directed by Moisés Kaufman, throbs with lip-synchable pop hits of such eclectic range that the dance club energy eventually ensnares everybody.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

Lenz’s voice is multiplied and scattered in overlapping harmonies while the track throbs and blips; the collaborators seem to be working on independent time frames, intersecting just often enough.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

Such waves can be detected in the way the star’s light pulses and throbs.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023

My heart throbs in my jaw: so close.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2023

In the rice paddy, my head throbs and it’s difficult to focus on the task at hand.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung