As they ease us into the playwright's fantasy idealization of his New York setting, so we warm up to his old-fashioned storytelling.
It is in a world of fairy tales and mythology featuring a mix of old-fashioned storytelling and more ironic, modern touches.
It can be hard to find an example of good old-fashioned storytelling these days, but storytelling, refreshingly, is Alice Hoffman's strength.
After the experimentation and sexual offence subject matter that exemplified some of the sixties' most definitive works of literature, the early '70s brought a return to old-fashioned storytelling.
Rousing old-fashioned storytelling is happily mingled with modern stage wizardry and grand-scale puppetry in "The Crown of Destiny."
Her mix of old-fashioned storytelling with a modern sense of the elusive perplexities of identity makes for an unusual combination, and one not easily replaced.
Fiction in the early '70s brought a return to old-fashioned storytelling, especially with Erich Segal's Love Story.
At the adjoining tea shop, Hammam Tetería, traditional live music, dancing and old-fashioned Andalusian storytelling take place Thursday and Friday evenings.
It's good old-fashioned storytelling done with panache.
Meanwhile, Don Hewitt is seventy-eight years old and Mike Wallace is just turning eighty-three, yet "60 Minutes" continues its old-fashioned storytelling undiminished.