house lights

Example Sentences

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In “Love,” for example, the house lights remain on and the actors portraying the people at the shelter often sit amid‌ or walk around audience members, as if to say they are us and we are them, separated only by circumstance.

From New York Times

But, true to Broadway form, plenty of theatergoers staggered in just as the house lights were dimming, including Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey and Steven Van Zandt, the actor and guitarist for Springsteen’s E Street Band.

From New York Times

The house lights inside Madison Square Garden went down Sunday night, and the thousands of fans, packed like sardines in their seats, stood as if on cue.

From New York Times

“To me, there is no greater moment than when the house lights go to half, and I don’t know what’s going to happen,” he said, “and I can’t wait.”

From Los Angeles Times

When the house lights dimmed at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater on May 3, the producer and singer Steven Zhu, known in dance-music circles by just his surname, walked out into a snowstorm.

From Los Angeles Times