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The musical turns out to be as spryly flexible as any of its whiskered characters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

This is a quirky, small-scale, quietly reflective work that’s as tenderhearted as it is spryly comic and as poignant as it is ultimately uplifting.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

“I’m someone who leaps into things,” he says, and it’s easy to believe him: Wiry and lean, the architect balances spryly on a porcelain stool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2018

Then there’s his trumpet playing, which he still does spryly at the age of 82, with its dusty allure intact.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2017

She hoisted herself spryly into the back, then suddenly broke into happy laughter.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols