the footlights

Example Sentences

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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

The skill of a news reader does not automatically translate to the transaction that occurs across the footlights.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2020

“Mossie! Mossie!,” he cried out to the director in the darkened orchestra, stepping into the footlights.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2018

The theater requires intellectual and emotional commitment on both sides of the footlights, and nothing sparks participation quite like the recognition that comes from seeing oneself in a wider frame.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2017

Mrs. Reynolds shielded her eyes from the footlights to see out over the audience.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg