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Hyacinth, described as sprightly and self-sufficient, had gone for a routine check-up at the public hospital, but failed to return.

Speaking from his house in west Hollywood, the ridiculously sprightly 84-year-old pianist has never been afraid to embrace technology, but normally he is the one doing the mastering, not vice versa.

The sprightly production design is set up for rapid transit, but the traffic on stage isn’t in any hurry.

It’s filled with colorful side characters, like the sprightly Pinky, whose zest for life has not been tempered by her own past tragedies.

In conversation, Burnett is sprightly and sharp, as marvelous as one would hope.