Examples of footlights in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Last winter, stage manager and producer Cody Renard Richard founded a scholarship for students of color interested in careers beyond the footlights. — Lee Seymour, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021 But, once grown, the young woman, April Darling (Joan Peers), is tempted by the footlights—and by romance. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2021 Next year will shine footlights on the club’s intentions. — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2021 The successful bonding agent has been not church or sports, but theater: Creede is the triumph of the Friday night footlights. — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2021 And there is little clue of when the footlights in Broadway theaters will shine again. — New York Times, 19 Sep. 2020 Re-focus the footlights on him and his program next fall, when normalcy is more than a concept. — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2021 See More

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