Examples of downstage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Tesshi Nakagawa’s scenic design focuses attention on the handsome downstage dining area. — Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 There’s the stage with different acoustics upstage and downstage, the orchestra level seating area, under the balcony, which is an extremely deep area with a low ceiling, and the upper balcony. — oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2021 The piece ends with a massive, rectangular plank, with a relatively small square cut out at one end, tipping over and toward associate artistic director and longtime company performer Cassandre Joseph, standing downstage. — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2021 After Lapine confuses upstage and downstage and gives inappropriately harsh notes, Grammer, who plays several small roles, reams the director out in front of the company. — New York Times, 28 July 2021 Once the opera gets started, all the activity is downstage, leaving a dark, empty space behind. — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2020 Since the 18th century, orchestras have relied on the leadership of a single individual standing downstage center and waving a baton, sculpting the sound to their preference. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2019 With Swanilda, the diagonal is a retreat (downstage right to upstage left); its charm lies in how very little her upper body does and in how that little makes magic. — Alastair Macaulay, New York Times, 31 May 2018 Upstage is at the former home of Clockwise Theatre at 221 N. Genesee St., just a few blocks from the downstage venue at 115 N. Genesee St., where the theater festival is being held. — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 23 Jan. 2018 See More

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