| Festive sprays of leaf and berry heighten the bright and breezy feel of this sub-Saharan Dinky-Dell, and enhance its Greeting Card air of chirrupy good cheer. |
|
| Meanwhile, strange chirrupy sounds draw me to the puppet show dais! |
|
| The first act, set in 1959, opens to jaunty music and the emergence of Sophie Thompson's grinning Bev, a chirrupy creature whose determined good cheer masks very real reserves of grief. |
|
| Ms. Spiro is most engagingly met by a cast that doesn't try to distort the musical in any way beyond playing it for real, Akiya Henry's chirrupy Minnie Fay a rare performing misstep. |
|
