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Noun
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The profound influence on musical theater of lyricist and composer Jonathan Larson, creator of Rent and Tick, Tick, Boom, and Larson’s impact on those who have followed him will be the focus of a program debuting in New York this weekend.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025 -
For this collaboration with Colombian lyricist Nanpa Básico, Ivy sings over hypnotizing Afrobeats about an undeniable energy between two people who are just finding their perfect rhythm.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
28 Feb. 2025
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Her counterpart is Nigel's love interest, Portia (Autumn Hurlbert), who defies her double entendre-dropping Puritan father, Brother Jeremiah (Scott Cote), to pursue the sonneteer.—
Kerry Reid,
chicagotribune.com,
13 July 2017
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A sonnet is addressed to an indifferent object of passion; even if the actual lover warms up, the sonneteer can’t become too easily complacent—a dark lady suddenly sunny produces no one’s idea of a poem.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2017
Noun
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So good luck playing the Nobel-winning troubadour in a movie.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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In the film, Seeger is portrayed as a secular saint — serene and good humored, the troubadour as social justice warrior.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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