Word: limelighted
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...sunglasses he wears deny him the full use of his eyes as a means of expression. Oleson portrays the cripple as an older man, with an old man's slightly confused temperament. These two work well together on stage, neither seems to want a piece of the other's limelight. The evolution of their relationship parallels that of many first meetings: they move through periods of curiosity, and then chumminess before realizing that they are fundamentally incompatible. As they move through these phases, Langsam and Oleson reveal their characters' idiosynetacies artfully and gradually...
...line that America is tired of the same old teams in the limelight, well, I guess that's right. Ratings for a nationally televised Cavalier-Maverick championship game would approach ratings for a Celtic-Laker championship tussle...
Admittedly, it takes a lot of elbow grease to put a shine on a play that seems well-worn even before the curtain goes up. The Players took a gamble in dragging The Sorceror off some dusty, dark shelf out into the limelight. Yet at least they could have done it with polish...
...first mistake on the planners' part was not to make our nation's No. 1 the University's also. The rationale for giving Prince Charles the limelight might well have been the same as the no-degree ruling: the attempt to avert protest from general dislike of Reagan. But the University must take the Harvard Community for avid readers of People, if it thinks it can wow the crowds into forgetting the symbolism of a historic moment...
Similar motifs are evident at Limelight, which retains much of its former design. Once a church, the club's terraced balconies and altar sacrilegiously showcase the dancing mob. The setting is ideal for the exhibitionist...