the footlights
Example Sentences
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This approach really spoke to Sink, a former theater kid who would like to return to the footlights soon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
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
Director Jessica Stone’s production coolly leans into the footlights and casts a slightly malevolent tone as the troupe ambles onto the stage and promises to show us a seamy reflection of ourselves.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2019
“Mossie! Mossie!,” he cried out to the director in the darkened orchestra, stepping into the footlights.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2018
“Soon we shall see all the footlights blazing!”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
