treading the boards
Example Sentences
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And, in 2016 - a full quarter of a century after last treading the boards - took on the role of King Lear at the Old Vic.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
And now, at age 71, she’s treading the boards in a beloved musical whose initial Broadway run with Carol Channing in 1963 won 10 Tony Awards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2019
Even over the holiday season, when in years past tourists have flocked to see Hollywood stars treading the boards, that show was pulling in less than a third of its potential gross.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2013
Knightley is currently treading the boards in London's West End, playing a schoolteacher in a revival of 1934 play The Children's Hour.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2011
You imagine yourself treading the boards and holding all hearts captive with your voice.
From Hetty Wesley by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
