a brawling actor who is in danger of becoming better known as a thug than as a thesp
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That fall, the Toronto playwright and performer got cast in a new play and hit it off with fellow thesp Fab Filippo, also a performer who created his own work.—
Katherine Brodsky,
Variety,
22 Nov. 2022 Hopefully, the thesp will deliver a performance that moves him up a peg or two in the in-the-works sequel.—
Joe Tobal,
EW.com,
7 Oct. 2022 Legend is a multi-hyphenate musician, songwriter, actor and producer who has become active in television as a thesp and producer.—
Cynthia Littleton,
chicagotribune.com,
19 Dec. 2017 Two of these, a jazz pianist named Seb (Ryan Gosling) and a thesp (as the trades would say) named Mia (Emma Stone), meet cute in a gigantic traffic jam that doubles as a song-and-dance extravaganza.—
A. O. Scott,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2016