give the works
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Linda Haberman, a former director of the Radio City Rockettes and a former assistant to Fosse, is providing direction, reconstruction and additional choreography to give the works a sense of flow and arc.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
Her manipulations also give the works a surreal charge, an impression reinforced by their counterparts: five comically large ceramic sculptures of smoking pipes, arrayed around the galleries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2016
Their contributors were often listed as anonymous in order to give the works legitimacy.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2013
Bartlett will work with colleagues, including lighting designer Paule Constable, to give the works a theatrical life.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 23, 2012
The rolls include not only those which give the works complete, but also special rolls with music quotations illustrating the points made in the lesson pamphlets.
From The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players by Kobbé, Gustav
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