In the case of India, and welcomely so, yes.

For a second they struck welcomely upon Barin's eyes, like representatives of a wholesome world apart.

I reached the trees, where the grass was welcomely shorter as I crisscrossed the area.

While many critics considered these to be crudely painted, others found them welcomely audacious and a step beyond the work of his teacher.

Such other plot convolutions as Kim's returning from the grave are perhaps welcomely omitted.

Here, though, Chris Muller's welcomely diverse and lively set design gives the lie to such paranoia.

John Ahlin's performance as Inspector Rough is broadly but welcomely diverting.

Brianna took & bottle from him and tilted it into her mouth; the ale was strong and bitter, but welcomely cool after the long walk.

It had been raining off and on all day, and the air was sharp with ozone and tree resins, welcomely cold against my face.

Mr. Rush's piece, which can be more dour than delightful, nonetheless provides the theater season with a welcomely new splash of creative juice.

As Captain Andy, Rand Bridges is welcomely straightforward, not the usual joker.

Suzanne Dawson maintains a welcomely detached disdain, and Reno Roop has capital moments as a therapist, all atwitter.

Under Nancy Hayden's welcomely varied and lively direction, the actors/authors, for all their limitations, are agile and in sync, blending contrasting styles.

In his well-tempered moments, Mr. Neville is absolutely avuncular, and his singings is, welcomely, far more musical than declamatory.

Jennifer Jiles is pleasantly believable and welcomely less exaggerated than the usual Agnes Gooch, a misfit in her orthopedic oxfords.

His ability to set his lyrics in a kind of monochrome vision, a skill he hadn't utilised since 'Hatful Of Hollow', was re-used, most welcomely.

Its now-ingenuous pop-rock oratorio sound welcomely predates the overblown, pseudo-operatic repetitiousness and self-importance of Lord Lloyd Webber's later music.

Still, the performance of Welker White (Carol) is welcomely less robotic than that of the role's originator Off Broadway (Rebecca Pidgeon).

Ever gliding her sinewy arms in undulating motion and whirling about in drop-dead turn-of-the-century dresses, Ms. Montevecchi is all extravagant excess, welcomely, then wearingly, so.

By contrast, Ian Kahn is a comparatively lively dying prodigal son, Osvald Alving, a welcomely energetic performance that is somehow out of sync with the production's austerity.

Joe Brown of The Washington Post described Tripplehorn performance as the increasingly suspicious, resenting and brooding Abby as "...a welcomely elegant and alert presence."

Cutting and compressing a flawed work from three acts to two leaves Ms. Scott with a welcomely shorter version than the one that opened on Broadway in 1965, 10 years after its first production.

In her day making a home had been enough to keep any woman contented, but on the other hand she agreed with Peter that the additional income Elspeth earned would contribute welcomely to the family budget.

The sansei and yonsei were all strange to Maya, but Diana much less than most-a bit private perhaps, but compared to her more exotic contemporaries, and the Zygote kids, welcomely ordinary.

Raymond Bazemore, who remains in the cast only through Friday, brings a welcomely resonant voice to Caiaphas, a High Priest, and Bob Cuccioli is an effectively emotional Pontius Pilate.