footlights
plural noun
foot·lights
ˈfu̇t-ˌlīts 
1
: a row of lights set across the front of a stage floor
2
: the stage as a profession
the lure of the footlights
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Showbiz is Liza Minnelli: someone who’s been through it, over and over again, but gets up on that stage, feels the footlights, and their inner truth just beams out.
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Vulture, 2 Feb. 2022
In the wake of racial and cultural reckonings, artistic leaders are also struggling to figure out how to hold onto existing audiences while doing a better job of creating a more inclusive theatrical environment on both sides of the footlights.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
In front, under the footlights, is the orchestra pit, with stairway to musician’s dressing and locker rooms under the stage.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
Fountain Theatre discussed the ruling across the footlights, right in the middle of a live show.
—Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2022
Marianne Elliott, and the understudies and COVID safety teams who've kept the footlights on in an uncertain time.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 June 2022
With the footlights now illuminated once more, has there been any true transformation?
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 31 May 2022
My last chance to tread the boards had fizzled, the footlights shut down, and why not?
—Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
Elsewhere are 11 bedrooms, 8.5 bathrooms, a grand salon, library and theater with original footlights and a bar.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022
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Vulture, 2 Feb. 2022
In the wake of racial and cultural reckonings, artistic leaders are also struggling to figure out how to hold onto existing audiences while doing a better job of creating a more inclusive theatrical environment on both sides of the footlights.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
In front, under the footlights, is the orchestra pit, with stairway to musician’s dressing and locker rooms under the stage.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
Fountain Theatre discussed the ruling across the footlights, right in the middle of a live show.
—Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2022
Marianne Elliott, and the understudies and COVID safety teams who've kept the footlights on in an uncertain time.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 June 2022
With the footlights now illuminated once more, has there been any true transformation?
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 31 May 2022
My last chance to tread the boards had fizzled, the footlights shut down, and why not?
—Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
Elsewhere are 11 bedrooms, 8.5 bathrooms, a grand salon, library and theater with original footlights and a bar.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022
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“Footlights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footlights. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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footlights
plural noun
foot·lights
ˈfu̇t-ˌlīts
1
: a row of lights set across the front of a stage floor
2
: acting on the stage as a profession
the attraction of the footlights
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