Her winningly chipmunk-cheeked smile is doled out sparingly, a privilege to be earned, rather than an icebreaker or an entreaty.

NEWYORKER: The Other Obama

Their second spot, Kin Shop, plays winningly fast and loose with the cuisine of Thailand, and a similar creative spirit rules at the Marrow.

NEWYORKER: The Marrow

The book winningly portrays the wireless boys of a hundred years ago as the computer geeks of their day, from their extreme youth to their strikingly familiar lingo.

NEWYORKER: Unsinkable

Elizabeth A. Davis is passionately, winningly earnest as Grusha, a servant who plucks a baby of noble birth from the chaos of war, then goes before a tribunal in the hope of keeping the child as her own.

WSJ: Brecht After the Idol-Smashing | Caucasian Chalk Circle | Classic Stage Company | The Misanthrope | Court Theatre | By Terry Teachout

The hero of 15 books by Lawrence Block, Scudder is a winningly smart-assed private eye who can shoot the breeze (and the bad guys) with the best of them, and has a capacity for abstract thought to boot.

ECONOMIST: Character is what makes these thrillers

Not only is Mr. Parson's staging as earthy and right as a 12-bar blues, but Shaun Motley's sad, shabby set and Vincent Olivieri's precisely calculated sound design supply the frame for a winningly fine display of ensemble acting by the entire nine-person cast, led with unimpeachable realism by Mr. Robinson.

WSJ: Jitney | August Wilson | The Verbal Music of Life | Theater Review by Terry Teachout