He's a gifted comedian, a trained musician and, as his most recent spate of movie work demonstrates, a budding star.

"It had a real quality of tension," said Mr. Langham, who is known in Britain as, of all things, a gifted physical comedian.

Mr. Carrey said that too many gifted comedians he knows seem intimidated by movie cameras.

And by now this gifted physical comedian deserves much better than a hand-me-down suit that smells like a rental (Mitchell).

Sweetness is not this gifted comedian's strong suit, and in its place Mr. Kattan offers a desperate eagerness to please, a far less charming quality.

Was he a misunderstood visionary, a self-indulgent prankster, an out-of-control lunatic or simply a gifted comedian with some odd ideas about what was funny?

A great idea on his part, because the show's lineup would have been hard for even the most gifted comedian to keep a tight rein on.

Ms. Jasicki, a gifted comedian, is a most welcome newcomer to the New York stage.