footlights
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A wispy song called “Time” wafted over the footlights: “Time time time time/It was never mine mine mine.”
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024
It was reemergence eve for other shows that qualify as veritable city landmarks: “Wicked,” “Hamilton” and “Chicago” all marked their first performances since mid-March 2020, when a lethal virus extinguished the footlights.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2021
With heels stomping and her hair waving, she owns the stage to such a degree that you half expect bank lenders to materialize by the footlights to sign over the deed.
From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2021
There were also no emergency lights or footlights.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2020
Their eyes were like footlights, and she was right in the very middle of the stage.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
Vocabulary lists containing footlights
Theater - Introductory
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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