the footlights
Example Sentences
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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
Wade, the cast and the audience at L.A.’s Fountain Theatre discussed the ruling across the footlights, right in the middle of a live show.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 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
The love flowing over the footlights might be addictive, but it comes at an unfathomable cost, twin realities that Zellweger expresses with subtlety and skill.
From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2019
As soon as the footlights came on, however, the production’s nontraditional emphasis became clear.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
