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Her scathing portrayal of an unhappy daughter in last season’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane was as hard-edged as they come, but her more recent turn as Beatrice in the Denver Center’s Much Ado About Nothing showed that Robin Moseley is an accomplished light-comedy actress as well. She captured perfectly a side of Beatrice that most actresses either ignore or can’t locate: the “merry heart” ascribed to her by another character. And when Beatrice remarked that her sense of humor came from being born under a dancing star, Moseley opened a window to the character’s soul that is rarely seen in other productions. Though seemingly inconsequential at first, Moseley’s astute choices ultimately proved revelatory.