"Such essential components of theater as direction, acting, and in this case, choreography, have clicked, so much that ''Syncopation'' has moved from a promising but overextended talky little play to, yes, an uplifting one, with much of its promise visibly fulfilled. And how the play has moved, literally. Indeed, sheer movement provides its dramatic momentum, visual grace and defining metaphor... The choreographer Lainie Sakakura's grasp of the interpretive possibilities of even the most elementary tangos and fox-trots are in step with Mr. Knee's narrative and the characters' quirks of temperament... Dancing may seem too facile a metaphor for dreams, for flight, for a harmonious

life on earth. But ''Syncopation'' convinces us that it should get to be a habit." (Read more)