| 单词 | center stage |
| 例句 | My eyes widen, and the next thing I know, Lanetta is grabbing my hand and yanking me with her to center stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But Mrs. Caldwell just puts a fake smile on her wrinkly-behind face and shoos me center stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The girl who was to play Annie stood center stage, clapped her hands upon her thighs, and Arnold leaped across the stage, placed his paws upon Annie's shoulders, and caused her to lean backward. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time the sun reached center stage, a punctuation mark in the cloud-lined sky, I was miles into the woods. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She scrambled up onto the platform, clapping her hands over her head, Dr. Fanning lunging at but missing her as she escaped onto center stage. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z By this time the news anchor was gone and Lance was now solidly center stage. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The squeal of feedback from the microphones at center stage pulled their attention away from each other. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The actor in him cannot resist the chance to utter one last bold line from center stage. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Once he gets wound up in the pulpit he seems unwilling to give up center stage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At a memorial service in Carnegie Hall, attended by two thousand admirers, a silent piano stood at center stage, flanked by flowers. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Booth scrambled to center stage, turned to the audience, and stood up straight. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The espionage war with the KGB had taken center stage, and MI6 was determined to send its best agents against the communist foe. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Chestnutt trembled as the man walked to center stage to grin cheekily at me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z One by one the contestants took the long walk to center stage to give their speeches. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Lights dim, and a youthful figure wearing a simple dress and horn-rimmed glasses takes center stage. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z When the play was finished and after all the players had taken a bow, Arnold-as-Sandy walked in front of all the actors and sat down, center stage. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z When the prayers end and the doors open the Bells hit center stage and the curtain opens up on the afternoon pick-up game in the gym at the county recreation center. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z He takes center stage, clears his throat, and smoothly launches into his rhyme. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My feet push me past those haters, toward the microphone, and plant themselves center stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Harry Hawk still stands center stage, his head turned toward Booth, wondering why in the world he would intrude on the performance. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Things at the table slowed down after noon, when Brown Bag took center stage. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And when Ellis rose up, his long legs made a clean triangle, then he snapped his legs together and spun one, two, three times, then did a mashed-potato slide off center stage. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I just have to stand there, at center stage, soaking up the applause. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z But staying on center stage takes work—lots of work. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Laura Keene has the presence of mind to march to center stage and cry out for calm and sanity, but her words go unheeded. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he was relegated to the sidelines as a marginal player while Johnny-come-latelies like Hamilton and Madison occupied center stage. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Booth was already dead, so four of the eight conspirators who had been put on trial took center stage on execution day. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z So although it became one of the most famous scientific meetings in history, one in which evolution and religion fought on center stage, Charles Darwin was not there. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A spotlight hits center stage on a tall woman with a huge blond wig. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “In five, four, three, two . . .” He points at the man at center stage. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z One after another, these kids took center stage and poured their hearts out about how Cap had changed their lives. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Ma acted like a waitress and served everyone as Caroline took center stage sitting on the loveseat that we designated the “shower chair.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Smiling, overjoyed to be center stage for once, Father Mike cut a lock of my hair and tossed it into the baptismal pool. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her cousin’s removal left Briony center stage—there was no sign yet of Robbie—and the way she was listened to, deferred to and gently prompted seemed at one with her new maturity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z If you’re from Iran, imagine a big bathtub on a balcony, center stage, behind a pulpit, under a giant cross, and three grown men in white hospital gowns getting in. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z In one respect, they matched each other precisely, Kamen observed: “They shared a common drive to be center stage.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Then there’s silence while a grand piano rolls out onto center stage by itself. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A woman dressed all in black, wearing a headset and carrying a clipboard, comes to center stage behind the curtain. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Rufus drags two stools center stage for our pretty lengthy song. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We broke apart and took turns taking center stage, each of us performing a different combination of moves; but our performances were fluid—they talked to each other. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Since Aristarchus, every step in our quest has moved us farther from center stage in the cosmic drama. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Versailles Impromptu” allowed the text to take center stage, with assorted period costumes and next to no props and sets, yet the play itself didn’t feel especially enlightening or satisfying. Molière, Turning 400, Can Still Surprise 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Bolingbroke — who will ultimately become Henry IV — accuses Mowbray of plotting the death of his uncle, whose coffin is at center stage. Review: Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘King and Country’ at BAM 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z “Unmasked” does not undo that image, but it brings to center stage the personality of an ineffably British bon vivant. Review | Andrew Lloyd Webber sings a happy tune in his memoir, ‘Unmasked’ 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The trio is now headed to center stage in the classroom. School founded by Blue Man Group gets new stage 2011-04-10T15:32:09Z The wreckage of a Piper Cub juts from center stage, its twisted tail angling toward the ceiling. ‘One November Yankee’ Review: TV Stars on a Bumpy Flight 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z “We want to take the marginalized, and the politically repressed voices from the periphery,” he says, “from what we might call the Outer Hebrides of the literary scenes, and bring them center stage.” Edward St. Aubyn’s ‘Lost for Words’ 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z This show puts ego and greed center stage as four strangers must cooperate to accumulate a cash jackpot, then argue over how to divide it up. New Game Shows for a Fractious Age 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Joel Grey takes center stage in ‘Master of Ceremonies’ ‘Boy Erased’: A minister’s son trapped between religion and his sexual identity 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Not only did the comedy maestro want to put Wiig center stage in a movie, he wanted her to pen it, too. 20 surprising facts about "Bridesmaids" 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z He made a dramatic entrance, darting down an aisle before performing center stage under an airy tent at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California. Drake was a star among A-listers at ‘Homecoming’ concert 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z The two of them, center stage and pointing skyward, remain an enduring image of many an Ailey evening. Tuxes, gowns, glitter and of course 'Revelations' 2012-11-29T22:26:08Z Even when Carey’s voice takes center stage on songs such as “O Holy Night,” the choir provides the necessary context, the sonic springboard from which she launches to tremulous heights and to which she returns. Mariah Carey’s Christmas Miracle 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Odds are good that a butter-basted, overstuffed turkey will take center stage. A brief history of Canadian Thanksgiving 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z The bench where they fell in love sits center stage, beside a path cut through green turf that covers the floor. ‘Will You Come With Me?’ Review: Love in the Age of Revolution 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z As for Diamond Schmitt’s architecture, it is like the second-best-looking man in an old Hollywood film: generic, attractive enough, ceding center stage to the star, which is the music. A Notoriously Jinxed Concert Hall Is Reborn, Again 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z At center stage is a revolving grand piano. Review: ‘Preludes’ Shows Rachmaninoff Failed by His Muse and Killing Time 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z However well-intentioned, the commandment of silence sucked the energy out of the room, leaving the candidates—especially Gingrich and Romney at center stage—like sitcom actors missing their laugh track. The Morning After: Come Back, Loud Debate Audiences! All Is Forgiven! 2012-01-24T14:45:28Z But the production gains in appeal and more fruitful invention once the merry confusions of the rustic world take center stage. Christopher Plummer in Stratford, Ontario 2010-07-09T04:28:00Z His preferred location is center stage in a controlled environment. Perspective | Trump’s Situation Room photo is straight from a war movie — just how he would want it 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The criticism of white American arrogance cuts about as deep as the usual white American self-flagellation, the apologies issued from center stage. Privileged lives are thrown into chaos in Maile Meloy's page-turning novel 'Do Not Become Alarmed' 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z A key aspect of Richter’s success is that O’Brien has carved out room for him to take center stage. Does the Job of Talk-Show Sidekick Even Make Sense Anymore? 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z The quality of the work was lauded, as well as its breadth, particularly at places like SCOPE, which focuses on emerging artists, and Wynwood Walls, where street art took center stage. Miami Rides The Wave As Art Basel And Surging Real Estate Attract The Billionaires 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z This time they star in a rare piece of theater that places the fears and hopes of older people at center stage. James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson back on Broadway in 'Gin Game' 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z It got plenty of TV and other media coverage and allowed Republican criticism of “the process” — however empty — to take center stage. Perspective | Media beware: Impeachment hearings will be the trickiest test of covering Trump 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z And then the curtain calls began, and finally Noseda’s distinctive tall figure emerged from the wings, walked gingerly to center stage, and inclined a little bit from the waist in a restrained but happy bow. Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z In Gucci's magic lanterns collection, layered and ruffled gowns, gold decorations and outfits echoing a hippy style took center stage. Fairytale and army-inspired looks open Milan fashion week 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Even though Jamie’s point of view has taken center stage in a few episodes, it’s Claire that guides the audience, allowing us to understandt the politics and intrigue of the various worlds she moves through. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 5: On Your Knees 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z By day, the facility also functions as a day care center, but after dark, music takes center stage. 36 Hours in Munich 2013-07-04T21:11:28Z Plots about kids, teenagers and adult children are center stage in the four best musical nominees, as well as in three of the picks for best musical revival: “Annie,” “Pippin” and “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.” It’s ‘Kinky Boots’ vs. ‘Matilda’ in Tony Nominations 2013-04-30T22:20:57Z While the venerable brand is best known for its classic Mission-style furnishings, its more contemporary pieces took center stage last night, occupying the first floor. Stickley, Audi & Co.’s New York City showroom, reenvisioned 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Now, after years of ceding the spotlight, Ms. Gibson is finally taking center stage in “The Dance Scene,” a new E! reality show following her life and work. Like Busby Berkeley, With Funk 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z And when a baleful Mr. Ball takes center stage on his own to reflect on an art form — and a girl — both of which are now lost, Mack’s lamentations acquire their own sonorous power. One Musical Knockout After Another 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z As the show drew to a close, he shed his instrument, moved to center stage and started to dance. Algerian Chaabi Musicians Reunite in the Band El Gusto 2012-10-12T18:21:46Z The complex also serves as center stage for the monthly food and craft FeelGood Market and the annual Dutch Design Week. Five Places to Go in Eindhoven, the Netherlands 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Those questions took center stage as the New York State Supreme Court heard the case of Tommy, a 26-year-old chimpanzee kept alone in a cage in a warehouse in Gloversville, New York. Should animals be people under the law? 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z On a snowy Saturday in late January, at the Lower East Side comedy club Caveat, his rambling memoir took center stage, and not just figuratively. ‘Celebrity Book Club’ Goes Live 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The restored version expands some of the sonic elements but keeps the Beatles' voices at center stage. Beatles' 'A Hard Day's Night' gets fab 50th anniversary makeover 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z If he had come earlier, he and his entourage would have been center stage in motion. The tale of Marion Barry, king of D.C. In the documentary, she also spoke of her thwarted ambitions for stardom and of the fleeting moments of triumph when she was center stage. Madeleine Sherwood, actress in ‘The Crucible,’ ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,’ dies at 93 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z At the end, center stage, facing us, he raises one arm. Dance Review: Pennsylvania Ballet’s Triple Bill 2014-05-11T21:31:32Z At Top Note, a drink mixer company founded in Milwaukee by Mary Pellettieri, a craft beer maker, and her business partner, Noah Swanson, gentian takes center stage in Gentiana, a sophisticated new tonic. This Sophisticated Midwestern Tonic Makes a Bitter Statement 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z “Son of God” isn’t a great or necessary film, but it brings the gospels and the teachings of Jesus back to center stage. ‘Son of God’: Not the greatest story ever told, but it has spirit 2014-02-26T22:57:00Z Feelings take center stage in Moon’s loony show. Jennifer Moon's mesmerizing show turns the art world into a punchline 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z For the parents of these pets, the trip to center stage at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall was a chance for their big break. Dogs get a sniff of the stage life with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s casting call Booth took center stage, raised a dagger in the air and shouted “Sic semper tyrannis” — “Thus always to tyrants.” Abraham Lincoln’s assassination: Great joy, then a gunshot 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Willis and Malkovich are still center stage, but it’s Parker and Hopkins who have the best scenes and lines of dialogue. ‘Red 2’: Spy comedy is still a blast 2013-07-18T01:09:21Z "Not only are women taking center stage, they are dominating the stage entirely," said Tom O'Neil, awards expert for TheEnvelope.com. Actresses take center stage on Oscar watch list 2010-10-17T19:01:00Z But with the SAG ceremony, those performances are more or less isolated from the movies they came from; more even than usual, the actors themselves get center stage. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Rent’ and the SAG Awards 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Unlike its namesake in Taipei, where Chinese culture takes center stage, the museum, based in the southwestern county of Chiayi, celebrates the interconnectedness and cross-pollination of Asian cultures over the centuries. A Taiwan Museum Featuring All of Asia 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z She stands center stage with two women flanking her in identical wigs, one with skin painted green, the other painted red. Warhol, Nico, a naked handstand, a crucifix: The Broad kicks off 'Happenings' with songs and shocks 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Rarely does a single accord return one of the world’s great civilizations to center stage, but the recent nuclear agreement with the UN Security Council may well accomplish that for Iran. These Are the Best Places to Travel in 2016 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z When one actor takes center stage, the other waits on the side. ‘Los Otros’ Review: A Slow-Burning Tale of Melancholy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z In this landmark 1967 musical subtitled “The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical,” hippies take center stage, educating the audience about the new Age of Aquarius value system and the many substances that facilitate it. Broadway, wasted: The 10 best musicals about drugs 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z "Deceptively simple. The result is a soft and sublime transformation of a good whiskey, while still allowing it to hold center stage." Lentils, tinned fish and chickpeas — oh my! Dispatches from my Great Pantry Clean Out 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z When sweet Ziggy is accused of choking a classmate, Moriarty brings bullying to center stage and focuses on the outrageous behavior of parents. ‘Big Little Lies,’ by Liane Moriarty, reveals parents’ ugly secrets in quiet Aussie town The music, played by the Bang on a Can All-Stars at center stage with Mr. Ziporyn conducting, is politely appealing, with a jazzy bass line suited to the time and place. Music Review: Moved by Music of the Tropics, A Composer Moves to Them 2010-10-16T01:00:00Z What it suggests to gay audiences is that they remain unwelcome on the center stage and should stick to the sidelines. Stop telling us about LGBT characters in blockbusters – show us instead 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z It took center stage after the painting by Brett Murray went on display in a Johannesburg gallery this month and was reported on in local media. Painting that ridicules S. Africa's leader defaced 2012-05-22T12:45:09Z One of the grande dames of cinema, she's been seen more around the edges than center stage in recent years. Romance proves ageless in 'Elsa & Fred' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Mumford & Sons did a delicate version of “I’m on Fire” that might make you weep, and of course Mr. Springsteen eventually took center stage. Bing Crosby Among Singers Celebrated by PBS 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Ms. Jackson is also a New York theater veteran, widely admired as an ensemble player who got a chance, at 64, to take center stage. Shoo-Ins Are Few in Heated Tony Race 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Burt Shavitz, cofounder of an enduring success story in the field of natural body-care products, takes center stage with characteristic reluctance in the documentary "Burt's Buzz." 'Burt's Buzz': the real character behind the Burt's Bees image 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z His sense of humor on the ceremony's center stage was so caustic that Downey, Jr., remarked on stage that Sunday's ceremony was "unusually mean-spirited." Golden Globe audience up, Gervais' hosting panned 2011-01-17T20:20:57Z In “Ducks,” Beaton ditches the comedy — well, not all of it — and lets her story take center stage. Finding Humor, and Humanity, in Canada’s Oil Fields 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z None of it is quite satisfying, especially when old-age makeup takes center stage. 'In the Name of My Daughter' a frustrating, would-be thriller 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z He soon had a new vantage atop an elevated platform at center stage and said at one point he could see “all the way in the back.” 70 minutes at Astroworld: A countdown to catastrophe 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z While "Family Guy" and "South Park" took center stage with their pop-relevancy, "The Simpsons" seemed content to die a slow death. Five signs we've reached the era of 90s nostalgia 2011-03-10T18:11:00Z By shifting the focus, Smith’s “Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admission Scandal,” which debuts Wednesday on Netflix, attempts to reorient center stage in a headline-grabbing drama that has already spawned one Lifetime movie. ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ reenacts and reorients a scandal 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z As she now takes center stage in the American sports arena, I am curious to see how she is represented and curious to see if this image, or others like it, get mainstream circulation. Gabby Douglas’ race narrative 2012-08-04T12:00:00Z But in this collaboration with the pianist Ms. Dinnerstein — she performed center stage with the dancers moving around her — Ms. Tanowitz’s choreography loosened up in the best sense. The Best Dance of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Mostly she stayed near center stage and moved little, giving the performance an overall grayscale effect, like floating in an ocean and never being sure when, or if, you’ll hit land. Review: Lana Del Rey, a Character No More 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z She added, “Warm, affecting and refreshingly shtickless, he occupies center stage here through sheer, beguiling force of personality.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Nashville’ and ‘The Four’ 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z They are like players taking center stage in a production called Natchez. The Personalities of Natchez 2010-04-07T20:54:00Z Vivian Panka, on the other hand, easily commands center stage as a robotically intense Heather Duke, and nails her solo, “Never Shut Up Again.” ‘Heathers: The Musical’ Review: For the Cliques 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z His band members were in a semicircle at some distance from him, providing a self-effacing backup as he emoted at center stage and the songs built to organic, soulful peaks. Music Review: Frank Ocean at Terminal 5 2012-07-27T22:12:30Z Her replacement enters a cutthroat world where tough topics like jealousy, racism, sexual experimentation and eating disorders take center stage. What's new on Netflix in December from "Big Mouth" & Chadwick Boseman to a bearded George Clooney 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z And for about 15 minutes, he sits as if in a cell, atop a 13-by-13-foot platform at center stage, silent. 5 Tony-Nominated Broadway Shows, 5 Stagecraft Secrets 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z An interdisciplinary chamber work, which puts an ensemble of classical musicians at center stage, “Van Gogh’s Ear” aspires to synesthesia, that rare condition in which a person might see sounds or hear colors. Review: Listening (Yes, Listening) to the Beauty of van Gogh 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Still, that little van remains plunked down at center stage, sometimes going in circles. | 'Little Miss Sunshine': Taking Dysfunction on a Road Trip 2011-03-08T16:48:24Z But it’s been some time since I’ve come across so concentrated a sequence of London openings that put various sorts of meltdowns center stage. Theater Review: They're Ripping Themselves Apart Onstage, Inside and Out 2011-11-01T13:30:07Z Can palladium compete with gold, which, after centuries at center stage, is inevitably seen as the “real” thing? Palladium Takes Less Traveled Road to Find Distinction 2012-12-06T16:48:50Z This heightens the poignancy of the pain they’re all going through, and it reminds us that even when one person takes center stage, the others still exist. Review | Meredith Hall’s ‘Beneficence’ is a quiet, poignant look at one family’s tragedy-strewn trajectory 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z In the final moments, wearing an ostrich jacket, she takes center stage. Dance Review: Recalling and Quoting Her Mother 2011-05-06T23:26:08Z The novel opens with a letter to Anton from Buddy, “a.k.a. Dad,” taking center stage as usual. A Novel Set at the Dakota Imagines John Lennon as a Neighbor 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z FOR Carol Channing, “the safest place in the world to be is center stage.” The Week Ahead: July 15 — 21 2012-07-13T15:03:38Z A memorial of dog tags, boots and other personal items of fallen soldiers sits center stage, a reminder of a community’s losses. The Creators of ‘On Sugarland’ Build a Site of Mourning and Repair 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Multihued heirloom tomatoes take center stage here, supported by a lush, creamy bed of mascarpone. Mascarpone cheese has a life outside of tiramisu 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Instead, a mammoth hearth commands center stage in the exposed kitchen that’s visible to most of the dining room. The Dabney review: Bringing Mid-Atlantic cuisine to life 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z As Beck, 44, approached the Staples Center podium, West leapt from his seat and — déjà vu — headed toward center stage. Kanye West hit wrong note in latest Grammy diatribe 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z No matter what, that evening the curtain was going to open on me standing center stage in my first Broadway show. Sara Bareilles: The First Time I Acted on Broadway (2 Weeks Ago) 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z How very Italian to put the country’s beloved opera center stage. Fashion Review: Valentino Sings on the Runway 2014-01-22T18:55:36Z During Sunday night's ceremony, the pair took center stage to perform their hit song "Unholy," which also won the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Sam Smith's "full-on Satan worship" Grammys number puts conservatives in an anti-vax Satanic panic 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Kiss It Better” is also one of several songs on “Anti” on which Rihanna’s singing takes center stage. Review: Rihanna, Blissfully Adrift, Juggles Styles on ‘Anti’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Here, too, the diva shared center stage with an array of drums. Review: A Haunting Tribute to Josephine Baker Arrives at the Met Museum 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z A pair of drum kits occupy center stage, surrounded by bells, shakers, gongs, tablas and other exotic instruments. Chicago News Cooperative: As Winter Dawns, the Sound of Drums Fills the Air 2010-12-19T02:22:19Z With the cable network’s great hero, Donald Trump, moving off center stage, I thought perhaps Fox might want to pursue more hard-edged reporting about serious subjects. Perspective | Fox News trying to claim that Tom Hanks was ‘canceled’ is proof of its utter desperation 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The island visually takes center stage as both the Greeks and Syrians weave in and around its back streets interacting with each other, discussing their newfound circumstances, and negotiating their arrangements on the island. “Eyes of Exodus”: Humanizing the Syrian refugee crisis through one Greek island’s dynamic 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The ghost light is on, planted at center stage, but if its job is to keep spirits away, it isn’t working. Review: ‘O Earth,’ a Riff on ‘Our Town’ 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z And if the tidal currents of the Strait of Messina are vividly portrayed in “St. Francis Walking on the Waves,” Muraro keeps the devout piety of Francis of Paola center stage. CD reviews: Breathtaking moments in new song cycle ‘let me tell you’ 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Having charmed moviegoers in two "Despicable Me" adventures, the jabbering, pill-shaped underlings known as minions are ready to take center stage in their own namesake movie. 'Minions' looks to master growing genre of animated spinoffs 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z During a reflective ballad, a bouquet of roses, a white hat and a keytar stood center stage in honor of the funky fusion trailblazer. A lot of chitchat — and some music — at Playboy Jazz Festival 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z King, and other all-stars take center stage alongside the Pembe Dance Troupe for an hour of dancing, singing, and celebration capped off by an electric James Brown performance. 25 great rockumentaries every music (and movie) fan should see 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z He didn’t enter the picture until about forty-five minutes into the performance, and he didn’t take center stage until close to the end. Kanye West’s Sunday Service Is Full of Longing and Self-Promotion 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The Jan. 6 hearings continued on Tuesday, where reports of former President Trump’s attempt to flip the outcome of the election with state officials took center stage. Trevor Noah Calls Out Rudy Giuliani for Being ‘Thirsty’ 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z “And it’s also a time to point a laser at the remaining issues because issues that we did not even contemplate back in the early 1970s have now taken center stage.” Title IX at 50: How it Changed Congress, Campuses and Sports 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z The past was ever present, whether it was Shelton briefly donning a cowboy hat with a mullet sown in, aping his early-career look, or songs like “Austin,” from his self-titled debut album, taking center stage. Blake Shelton charms with hits, humor and a personal moment | Concert review 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z People — chic young ladies, sportsmen-hunters and farm kids — are center stage. Art Review: The Impact of Winslow Homer, at the Clark Institute 2013-08-01T22:10:42Z Some of this surely stems from Ms. Dinnerstein, who plays center stage, barefoot like the dancers, in a free and unorthodox interpretation that by itself is well worth the price of admission. Review: Choreographer Meets Bach, and It’s a Match 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z They’re part of the ensemble in the new film, but their easy slapstick chemistry ultimately takes center stage in the trailer, pushing aside even their co-star, the veteran scenery chewer Jack Black. New Trailer: A ‘Jumanji’ for the Video Game Age 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z In the days leading up to the Grammys, gender issues in music began to take center stage. In Days After Grammys, a #MeToo Spark Comes to Music 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Then, standing alone at center stage, he fixated on one woman, asking, “Girl, what’s your phone?” Music Review: Too Short Brings Bay Area Rap to the Knitting Factory 2012-01-30T22:51:39Z Throughout that time, he says, he had been honing a persona that felt cramped on public radio but takes center stage on “Into It”: uncensored, uninhibited and unbothered. Reintroducing Sam Sanders 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, it passed a key test when it was rolled from a wing onto center stage. Huge Set for 'The Ring' Arrives at the Met 2010-07-28T19:57:00Z But it’s mostly idiosyncratic egos and preening emotions that occupy this compact center stage. Review | ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ amps up the glamour at Folger 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Another allowed the broth to take center stage, adorned with curds of creamy, silken tofu. An Adopted Obsession with Soondubu Jjigae, Korean Silken-Tofu Stew 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z By that time he had become more of a pop act, singing and often playing a hand-held synthesizer while standing center stage in concert. George Duke, Crossover Musician With Frank Zappa, Dies at 67 2013-08-07T02:22:54Z But come Ramadan, the balance of business shifts, and qatayef, stuffed semolina pancakes, take center stage. The Dessert That Tastes Best One Month Out of Every Year 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z The next day’s performance was chaos, with tiny children taking center stage as their parents recorded every misstep. Taylor Gordon, Freelance Ballerina, Chases Her Dream 2010-07-16T16:49:00Z At one group meeting, she even rolls on the floor quoting Blanche DuBois from “A Streetcar Named Desire” to make sure she commands center stage. Review: Marin Ireland Brings Down the Halfway House in ‘Blue Ridge’ 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z In more than 15 it’s a frustrating trend, one that paints a picture about who’s worthy of taking center stage and who is better off as an understudy, supporting them from the wings. White hero, sidekick of color: why Marvel needs to break the cycle 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z During the concert the video was projected on a screen at center stage, while Mr. Rudy, equipped with a tiny video monitor, performed off to one side. Music Review: Mikhail Rudy in ‘Pictures at an Exhibition,’ at the Guggenheim 2012-09-29T01:39:38Z Though Mr. Arias has a muscular presence and an original way with a song, he has to work hard to command center stage. | 'Arias With a Twist': ?Arias With a Twist? at Abrons Arts Center - Review 2011-09-19T02:01:03Z As someone who typically is the first to complain about self-absorbed, affluent white-people stories taking center stage, it’s amazing how little I agreed with her point of view. If you’re not watching “Togetherness,” you’re missing some of the best TV of the year 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z The orchestra placed on the front of the stage, slightly off-center, takes center stage. Dudamel and the L.A. Phil illuminate, elevate 'Cosi fan Tutte' 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z At center stage: a toy piano with an auburn wig flung over it, lounge-singer style. Review: Seattle's Cherdonna and Lou spring into comic/cryptic action in 'It's a Salon!' 2010-10-07T20:49:00Z After years of lending her voice and writing skills for other artists’ works, Yola now stood center stage at a sold-out show Friday night at the 9:30 Club, on her first headlining tour. At the 9:30 Club, singer Yola delivers a soul-searing performance 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z At the height of the third-movement peroration, a door opened, and Ms. Kühmeier made her radiant way from the wings to center stage, as if she were about to unleash some Wagnerian outburst. Review: Valery Gergiev Galumphs Through Schubert 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The mere sight of this basic piece of furniture, which occupies center stage at the Bushwick Starr in Brooklyn, almost moved me to tears before Mr. Greenspan’s brief but ponderous play even started. Review: Remembering the Way It Was (Not) in ‘The Things That Were There’ 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z With any luck she may succeed in bringing the underground with her to center stage. | Melody Maker 2014-02-12T19:42:09Z So what we see are various ways the soul highlights the body, through piercing and decoration and dance, to keep the body central, to keep it center stage. Punk, dance music and drugs 2013-05-20T00:00:00Z She has no problem holding center stage in “Queen,” which has been directed with lyricism and lucidity by Jack Cummings III. | 'Queen of the Mist' : ?Queen of the Mist? at the Gym at Judson - Review 2011-11-07T03:01:01Z Months later, the song — and others focused on protesting, police brutality and the overall Black experience — are taking center stage at the 2021 Grammy Awards. Amid racial reckoning, Grammys honor the Black experience 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z In center stage is her beloved Lacanche stove: Ina appears to have opted for the Sully range in Anthracite with brass trim, gas burners, one electric oven, and one gas oven. Ina Garten’s new kitchen renovation is just as dreamy as we imagined—take a peek 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z “It means a lot to me to bring art center stage at a time when so much is denied in the country,” she said. Pakistan?s Palette of Blood and Tears 2010-12-17T17:03:54Z At center stage, they placed the desk where Beale delivers his increasingly unhinged jeremiads. ‘Network’ in an Age of Fake News and Fury 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z “And a monument is often how a society shows what’s important, what it elevates, what is at center stage.” A New York Clock That Told Time Now Tells the Time Remaining 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z That evolution takes center stage in “No Time to Die.” Daniel Craig on bidding Bond goodbye in ‘No Time to Die’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Early in the show, they festooned a platform at center stage. Taylor Swift Begins Her ‘Reputation’ Tour, Taking on Foes and Her Old Self 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The showy and kitsch mix of styles — Classical, Renaissance and Art Deco — takes center stage. Check In: Hotel Review: Teatro B&B in Lisbon 2013-06-13T20:56:25Z I've heard somewhat sheepish arguments to the effect that the white folks' stories take center stage in these films because they're more clearly dramatic. Why Hollywood keeps whitewashing the past 2011-08-12T15:20:00Z A core collecting philosophy for nearly 40 years would take center stage. An early look in the Broad museum reveals a show that doesn't quite gel 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Eventually, she expanded into the carriage house, where an anvil takes center stage. A Jeweler and Sculptor Who Takes Inspiration From the Walls of Her Studio 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z His character is given center stage throughout the season, with the show’s aim clearly being to demonstrate how a kinder, gentler Bryce is capable of being more than vicious. 13 Reasons Why: what the controversial drama gets wrong 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z As before, the action looked a bit cramped within tiny breakaway shacks located center stage, although this visual scheme allowed director Liotta to maintain a tight focus on the intimate human drama. Hints of tarnish on Lyric's 'Golden West' 2011-01-24T00:43:00Z But while the movie devotes itself to people and perspectives that are not often center stage, these stories also demand a more nuanced telling. ‘Drunktown’s Finest,’ by Sydney Freeland, Shows Navajo Life 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z But unlike past years when polished and glamorized American-style performers took center stage, Lena's fresh and uncontrived style appealed most. German teenager wins Eurovision contest 2010-05-30T00:52:00Z But the rapturous dismantling of Ms. Roy’s social media accounts briefly took center stage. Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ Lyrics Entangle Two Rachels 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Tiny and trim, Ms. Griffin strides to the microphone at center stage wearing black tights, boots and a skinny T-shirt. | 'Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony': Look Out, Celebrities: Her Aim Is True 2011-03-13T22:06:07Z Prevented from taking center stage, many female instrumentalists became composers, arrangers or artists’ managers. 10 Women in Jazz Who Never Got Their Due 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z But later this week he's taking center stage - with Jay Leno. Obama adviser Axelrod to appear on Jay Leno show 2010-04-21T21:46:00Z A lesser-known quantity, “The Band’s Visit,” hopes to steal center stage with a win for best new musical. What’s on TV Sunday: The Tonys and ‘Billions’ 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z “Danton’s Death” culminates with the appearance, center stage, of a gold-rimmed guillotine that is almost as high as the walls around it. Review: A Far-From-Revolutionary ‘Danton’s Death’ 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z But Shelby is very good on social interactions at the end of the earth, and “South Pole Station” crackles with energy whenever science takes center stage. In this heat, you need a trip to ‘South Pole Station’ 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z A slavish flock of miniature drones plays a crucial role in the plot, and a massive technological breakthrough eventually takes center stage. Review | Michael Crichton’s classic thriller ‘The Andromeda Strain’ gets a deadly sequel 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z “He’s very good at it. He’s very good at surfer bro. There is a range of people I would love to see him take center stage doing.” An Actor Who Cedes the Spotlight While Quietly Commanding It 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z The sky was black by the time Zacardi Cortez, 37, the festival’s closing act, took center stage. In New Orleans, Spreading the Gospel Through Song and Community 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z It was a stark contrast from previous years, when the show was as much about Lewis at center stage as the donations themselves. Lewis gone, but telethon brings in more than '10 2011-09-05T15:36:08Z It put the theme of Trump’s misogyny on center stage, where it has remained, day after painful day. It wasn’t all bad: Here were the media’s 13 best moments of Campaign 2016 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z At Regular Visitors, a coffee counter takes center stage between the shelved walls of fragrance oils, magazines and candles, but don’t call it a coffee shop. Why Is There a Coffee Shop in So Many Stores? 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z In these works, gender takes center stage as men photograph or gaze at women who are propped on platforms or wrapped in weird, mummy-like guises. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Buialskyi — who was making his debut with the company in a small role that evening — stood center stage, his hand over his heart. On a Stage 5,000 Miles Away, He Sings for His Family in Ukraine 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Instead, it’s Isabelle who occupies center stage, where she offers a sort of how-to class on being the parent of a gifted child. Review: ‘Mother of the Maid,’ a Lesson on Raising a Teenage Saint 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z But in “Don’t Break the Rules,” he takes center stage. ArtsBeat: The Tonys: Stop the Show! 2011-05-13T18:33:56Z On last year’s “Venture,” the producer added his bittersweet vocals to the mix, putting himself center stage in a way he hasn’t since his hard-to-find 2010 release, “The Making Of.” Alvin Risk delivers set of bread-and-butter staples and few surprises 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z The majority of the action in Ms. Peelle’s novel takes place in 1916 and 1917, in the months leading up to America’s entry into World War I, and mules are center stage. Schemes of Mules and Men Propel ‘The Midnight Cool’ 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z And these characters, they reminded me of people I grew up with, they reminded me of people in my family — and not always people who are center stage, especially in a musical. How They Assembled the ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Puzzle 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z But in the next decades, thanks in part to the continued progress of feminism and liberation, playwrights were able to put formerly taboo subjects center stage without having to sensationalize them. Five Broadway Revivals Give a Tour of Our Theatrical Past 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Ms. Welliver’s “A sheet of pictures” offered eight women moving with careful, exploratory deliberation across a large square of paper center stage. Dance Review: Young Dancers? Workshop of Bloomers and Balloons 2010-12-07T22:15:00Z "Real Women" was revolutionary for its time and still, decades later, feels subversive: It puts women center stage, and not rich, glamorous women. 'Real Women Have Curves': funny, flawed and fabulous 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Aside from its gender reversal, what was important about “Swan Lake” was that “it returned the dramatic male dance performance to center stage,” said Luke Jennings, a former dance critic for The Observer in Britain. Boys Will Be Swans: ‘What Is That Show, and How Do I Do It?’ 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The central ballerina, supported by her partner, holds an immobile arabesque, center stage. ‘Symphonic Variations’: A Frederick Ashton Classic Returns 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Although never center stage, he was a darling of the international culture scene in New York and Paris. Beauford Delaney Returns to the Scene 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z For example, late exits that are stepping on the toes of action center stage: execution. Twyla Tharp on the Road: It’s About Time 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The piano takes center stage at the Mostly Mozart Festival, when two pianists known for their probing musicianship join the festival orchestra in some of Mozart’s most beloved concertos. Beloved Concertos at the Mostly Mozart Festival 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The tree is the centerpiece of her holiday decorations and takes center stage in the family’s living room. Symbol of 2020 angst or sophisticated style choice? What to make of black Christmas trees. 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Set in ’50s and ’60s New York, the movie is a callback to the Golden Age of Hollywood, but this time with Black characters taking center stage. With ‘Sylvie’s Love,’ Eugene Ashe Returns With a Big Hollywood Romance 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Music has taken center stage at outdoor opera performances, a crowdsourced music festival and an orchestral tribute to the local hardcore band Refused. 52 Places to Go in 2014 2014-01-10T05:00:00Z The five-time Grammy winner, seated at the piano center stage, wore large black frame glasses with his name spelled out in rhinestones and a black jacket with sparkling trim. Elton John delivers message of tolerance at first, last Montreux show 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z But at the BET Awards, which were held in Los Angeles, Mr. Brown took center stage as part of a tribute to Michael Jackson. At BET Awards, Chris Brown Takes on the 'Man in the Mirror' 2010-06-28T13:07:00Z Inside, Frankel gets to work on the set of “Hamilton,” with its hanging ropes, wooden beams, and revolving center stage, testing the lights and electricity. Lights, Curtain, Action: Backstage with the Man Who Illuminates “Hamilton” 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Despite the excitement, it is still rare to find women in their 60s leading major institutions or taking center stage in other industries. I Am (an Older) Woman. Hear Me Roar. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z This time, he takes center stage as lead counsel in a long, exhausting trial that will, as the title tells us, be his last. Review | Scott Turow is a master of the legal thriller. ‘The Last Trial’ proves he’s still at the top of his game. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Daisy prints, similarly used in the designer's latest sportswear collection for Adidas unveiled earlier this month in London, took center stage. Daisies, roses and lace at Stella McCartney's Paris fashion show 2013-09-30T16:57:00Z Bathed in green light, Patrick Page took center stage at the Foxwoods Theater on Broadway and hissed his lines with the sinister glee of a villain back from the dead. A More Familiar ?Spider-Man? Is Back, Hoping to Bury the Dark 2011-05-10T02:30:29Z “Even though it’s new for me to be center stage, I have a good sense of what it can be like,” he said. Seattle Symphony hits the road for Carnegie Hall concert 2014-05-05T02:00:53Z The chef may be called Bland, but his food is anything but, with ingredients taking center stage in dishes such as wild salmon with fennel and oysters or deer with beetroot, blackberries and pea puree. Bound for the Edinburgh Festival? Here's Where to Stay and Dine 2012-10-21T15:00:00Z And while previous plays have usually placed queer characters of color at the margins, here they occupy center stage. ‘Driven by the Potential for Joy’: Comedies Are the Thing This Spring 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The actress is center stage at Hollywood awards season, while pregnant, after capturing several wins for her turn as jealous dancer Nina Sayers in "Black Swan". Feted for drama, Natalie Portman now goes for laughs 2011-01-20T17:58:51Z Body artwork took center stage at the International London Tattoo Convention on Friday, where fans displayed all sorts of colorful and intricate inked creations. Inked body art takes center stage at London Tattoo Convention 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Most of the rest of the guests during this hourlong special know the group’s mood well, however, and though each gets the privilege of center stage, none really own it: Los Tigres are too sturdy. Playlist : Vampires, Bachata, Norte?o and a Country Coalition-Builder 2011-05-22T01:30:26Z Her songs were also performed by Bette Midler and members of the Scissor Sisters and Sonic Youth, but for most of the concert Ms. Ono — cooing, shrieking, bleating, moaning — easily commanded center stage. A Cutting-Edge Impresario Leaves BAM: What Was His Best Work? 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z The loud side of Mr. Coryell’s personality took center stage in 1972 when he formed the Eleventh House, a seminal fusion band that emphasized complex, thunderous compositions and flashy, rapid-fire solos. Larry Coryell, Guitarist of Fusion Before It Had a Name, Dies at 73 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z The city’s conflicts and contradictions serve instead as elements in a static, ready-made backdrop, occasionally distracting attention from the drama at center stage. ‘Widows’ Review: Viola Davis Commands the Screen in a Somber Heist Film 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z It’s precisely that kind of charisma that Cuomo has evinced over the course of a pandemic that has become both center stage and battlefield. Perspective | Andrew Cuomo’s star turn is part of a long cinematic tradition 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Then, abruptly and briefly, the play opens into a fuller emotional reality, usually when Ms. Erbe is center stage. Theater Review: ‘Checkers,’ With Anthony LaPaglia, at the Vineyard Theater 2012-11-09T03:00:08Z In “Pain and Glory,” lost time — the anxiety spurred by missed opportunities and unresolved relationships — takes center stage. The 5 essential Pedro Almodóvar movies to watch on your way to ‘Pain and Glory’ 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Though his remarkably toned voice remained center stage, Sting gave lots of room for his accompanying musicians to shine. Sting strips down his sound, melts crowd 2011-12-06T19:36:03Z Appropriately, a whistle-blower named Gabriel Thompson, played skillfully by Brent Sexton, takes center stage. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 9: The Whistle-Blower 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Known as nature's most versatile fruit, lemons take the center stage in countless sweet and savory dishes. Tart, savory and sunny: Here are Salon Food's top five lemon recipes to try and enjoy this spring 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z With “Filming Othello,” he ended his film career as he began it: Like “Citizen Kane,” the movie is a stunt that places the act of filmmaking at center stage. ‘Othello’: Shakespeare’s Tragedy Was Orson Welles’s Triumph 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Green often performs with a full band, placing his own bass work at center stage; he pares down the ensemble show for this spinning set. Pop & Rock Listings for May 22-28 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Neither identity is center stage, nor is it swept aside; neither is necessarily shameful, nor is it glorified. ’90s Sitcoms Shaped Me as an Immigrant Child. What if They Hadn’t? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z But in the two years since the next class waiting in the wings has moved to center stage, complete with face tattoos and a contagious, wide-eyed sadness. The Scandalous Dullness of MTV’s First Post-Millennial V.M.A.s 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Where the album stumbles is where its oldfangled twang takes center stage. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-22T13:57:00Z Bowie’s final piece of performance art returned him to center stage. David Bowie: Plagiarist, visionary or saint? 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Aboriginal stories finally get center stage in this supernatural — and superhero — drama. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Roots,’ ‘Peaky Blinders’ and ‘Marty and Maya’ 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z “So to put it center stage in a ballet is not telling anybody what’s what, but I’m saying this is valuable.” Twyla Tharp Creates ?The Princess and the Goblin? Ballet 2012-02-03T15:40:07Z I never caught a glimpse of characters desultorily chit-chatting on a couch plopped center stage. Dark. Messy. Assaultive. Inscrutable. Even From Your Couch. 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z At the very end, the couple sits center stage, and Taylor gently lifts Freeland and moves him — for the first time, I believe— to her opposite side, and that simple motion becomes something extraordinary. In Benjamin Millepied's L.A. Dance Project program, the name to remember is Noé Soulier 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z A large abstract canvas is center stage from the start. In ?Red,? Molina Shares Stage With Rothko?s Art 2010-03-29T21:45:00Z A moon hovers above the dancers, while a larger orb, placed center stage, glows with the help of Ms. Pearce’s lighting. Review: Alvin Ailey Returns to Lincoln Center With a Tribute to Women 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Blaemire stayed in New York and kept performing: He has a nine-piece band called the Hustle, was recently in Broadway’s “Godspell” and took center stage in last fall’s off-Broadway musical “Found.” After Broadway heights of ‘Glory Days,’ back home with ‘Soon’ 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Despite his eclectic array of interests conducting takes center stage. Pablo Heras-Casado, With Orchestra of St. Luke’s 2012-08-03T18:26:47Z One of the few this year was Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story,” which is precisely about how hard it is for a man and a woman to share center stage. Will the Oscars Get as Nostalgic as Hollywood Did in 2019? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z At first they pass each other center stage, but they don’t stay apart for long. Review: Jerome Robbins Delivers the Hit of City Ballet’s Season 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z At the start the girls were separated from the boys, and when the two groups mingled center stage, the image was glorious. Dance Review: Ballet Tech Performs at the Joyce Theater 2013-06-14T20:30:52Z We scheduled the first lesson for Aug. 12, but almost immediately, the Islamic State, ISIS, ISIL, IS — the jihadist group whose name seemed to change daily — took center stage, hacking its way across the region. Beverly Hills teacher finds violin and Vivaldi in a time of war 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z The nested shoeboxes of Rachel Hauck’s handsome set, representing Paar’s office and, when that breaks away, Levant’s dressing room, now disappear entirely to reveal a fully padded television studio with a Steinway center stage. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z And in “Mount Auburn Street,” Harry returns to center stage to confront a succession of issues now dominating his life, such as aging, illness, divorce, mortality and the vagaries of modern technology. Review | John Crowley continues an uncharacteristically prolific period with the singular ‘And Go Like This’ 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Soon he returned to center stage for his first American performance. Review: Modern Sky Festival Unites Budding Stars (Song Dongye) and Celebrities (Yoko Ono) 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The lighting designer Brandon Stirling Baker, whose work will take center stage with “The Choreography of Light,” part of the Guggenheim’s Works & Process series. A Master of Dance Lighting Steps Out of the Shadows 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Velvet rope cordoned off the center stage on which he sat. Skin Deep: Designer Lipsticks, a New Splurge - Skin Deep 2011-11-09T17:29:08Z The recent years in particular have been filled with thorny projects — his talent more often tucked into some tight corner, a secondary player when center stage was his strong suit. Robin Williams seized the day in every role 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Capping it all was a debate less than 48 hours before the polls open, with the former Massachusetts governor in his customary place at center stage, making for an inviting target. GOP presidential campaign weathers trio of potential shake-ups 2012-01-20T06:30:00Z But when the curtain opens Tuesday at a tiny New Hampshire theater on the lake where the movie was filmed decades ago, the Academy Award-winning Thompson will be center stage. Writer finally helms his Oscar winner on NH stage 2011-08-22T17:53:10Z But the crowd was a cantankerous one, and it responded well to the exuberance of Mr. Bentley’s new material, and to when his thoroughly impressive sidemen took center stage. Music Review: Dierks Bentley at Highline, Raking Through Bluegrass 2010-05-06T21:18:00Z Benedict’s new novel, based on the life of the Hollywood film star and legendary beauty Hedy Lamarr, puts the conceit of the lone woman in a man’s world once again on center stage. A Novelist Who’s Made a Career Writing About ‘The Only Woman in the Room’ 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z It is remarkable only for the picturesque, improbably tall tower of books that looms center stage, like a fortress. Review: Being Young and Bored in a Book Club on ‘Sunday’ 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z But now Hampton steps center stage in Shaka King's new feature Judas and the Black Messiah, currently in theaters and streaming on HBO Max. "Judas and the Black Messiah" is a window into FBI’s surveillance apparatus 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Those two songs are performed straightforwardly, the Abbatars life-size and center stage, with surrounding screens projecting close-ups for those seated in the orchestra level, behind a massive dance floor. Abba Voyage Review: No Ordinary Abba Night at the Club 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z In her follow-up, premiering this week, the topics that take center stage include dating, the pandemic, and being a child of immigrants. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Hostages’ 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z There was a small, under-the-radar preview of the fall collection in February, but she's going center stage in September as part of New York Fashion Week. Zoe's life as a celeb stylist helps shape her line 2011-08-22T16:50:19Z An oral history is only as good as its sources, and “Texas Flood” is thorough and far-reaching, with Vaughan’s bandmates, crew and family taking center stage. Stevie Ray Vaughan Remembered by Those Who Knew Him Best 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z She emphasized to Salon that high school students are engaged and interested in the issues that are center stage in the nation, "and that’s what they want to see reflected in what they read." South Carolina cops vs. “The Hate U Give”: Police challenge books over police brutality content 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The reason for this troubling treatment is simple: For Hollywood, and for Americans, it is better to be the villain or antihero rather than virtuous extra, so long as one occupies center stage. Vietnamese Lives, American Imperialist Views, Even in ‘Da 5 Bloods’ 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z The macabre objects underscore the awareness-of-mortality theme that runs through Tom Stoppard’s dizzying philosophical comedy, a riff on “Hamlet” that places two of that play’s doomed minor courtiers center stage. Giving a young set designer her props 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The only reason why Trump political comedy got to take such center stage is because much of it focused on more than the man himself. Is political comedy dead now? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z In this show the classics of Surrealism — that lobster telephone! — cede the center stage to desires and nightmares from Haiti and Puerto Rico, Japan and Korea, Egypt and Mozambique. Getting a Grip on Unreality 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Morricone's score takes center stage from the outset, in the overture Tarantino uses to kick off his throwback western. 'Hateful Eight' puts veteran Ennio Morricone's score center stage 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z There are people drawn to center stage like blossoms to the sun, and then there is me, their opposite. Review: The Compassion of ‘A Thousand Ways (Part Two)’ 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z At first, he was shy to sing the song live, with Scott-Heron backing him up on Rhodes while he took center stage. Brian Jackson, a Key Gil Scott-Heron Collaborator, Reintroduces Himself 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The Ukraine dispute lies center stage in the row with Western countries, including France. The stomach prevails: France wins at World Cup on Russian cheese 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z During the final applause, the donkey man remains resting center stage. Dance Review: Sarah Michelson’s ‘4,’ at the Whitney, Continues a Series 2014-01-26T22:09:19Z After a great public response and demand for more Smurf adventures, the Belgian put the blue-skinned creatures center stage with their own comic book the following year. Smurf the whole day long - Belgium celebrates cartoon heroes 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The vivid paintings of renowned Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals take center stage at this museum in a centuries-old building, once a home for aging men. Looking to dodge Amsterdam’s crowds? There are three remarkable towns a short train ride away. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Even in moments of deference to Ms. Dinnerstein — who sits at a grand piano center stage, like the sun around which the dancers orbit — the choreography meets the music in a balanced, unstrained partnership. Review: Pam Tanowitz’s Delicate Dance With Bach 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Influences are casually mentioned when they should be sharing center stage. Critic?s Notebook: To Each His Own Museum, as Identity Goes on Display 2010-12-28T23:04:19Z They take center stage in “The Crossroads” alongside the evil spirit Wiindigo. Review: An Opera Erases and Rewrites the American Myth 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z That initial idea is now also pushed aside by a far less subtle conceit that takes center stage. Memorial Review: Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Opens in Washington 2011-08-25T12:00:00Z A wonderful flame made of wind-blown fabric and lit from within burns center stage. Vocal toil and trouble beset Lyric's 'Macbeth' 2010-10-02T18:53:00Z Not surprisingly, he was also attracted to England’s actual horses, and to the work of English artists, such as George Stubbs, who preceded Géricault in giving horses center stage. ‘Mutiny: Works by Géricault’ Review: Equine Passions and Anxieties 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z After chilling, the strong alcohol flavor becomes subdued and the refreshing fruity and sweet notes take center stage. Soju is the refreshing summer drink you've been waiting for 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z In fact, Tony Cox’s “Mrs. Orwell,” at the Old Red Lion pub theater in London through Aug. 26, is at its least commanding as and when its eponymous figure takes center stage. A ‘Night Music’ of Heightened Harmony, and Pub Theaters That Put Actors First 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Morrison, however, places her at center stage and gives her another name and identity. Toni Morrison?s ?Desdemona? and Peter Sellars?s ?Othello? 2011-10-25T21:57:27Z In another instance, she and Ms. Jones fell in a heap center stage for a good old bout of fake sobbing and heaving. Dance Review: Series of Deft Negotiations Involving Ill-Advised Attire 2011-06-02T21:56:41Z Standing quite still, at center stage, she addresses her left arm toward her husband for perhaps two minutes. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Prince Igor’ Aims to Integrate Movement and Storytelling 2014-03-07T23:01:11Z Bruno becomes more interesting, she grows less so, and still she snivels at center stage, whining about her bad luck and mistreatment. Review: Jill Alexander Essbaum’s ‘Hausfrau,’ a Good Wife, With a Few Caveats 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z In this version, though, the music is never allowed to hold its own or even to take center stage. Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods,’ by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 2012-08-10T04:58:42Z The long, cluttered table that fills center stage would appear to exist for purposes of eating. Theater Review: ?Tribes,? by Nina Raines, at the Barrow Street Theater 2012-03-05T03:00:00Z Styles Reach Beyond Appearances On Thursday evening at Drive East, the festival of South Asian music and dance running at La MaMa, an exuberant South Korean dancer took center stage. Dance Review: Jin Won at La MaMa’s Drive East Festival 2013-08-23T21:51:24Z At home, I am constantly on center stage and admit to occasionally wishing for an understudy. Motherlode Blog: How She Does It 2011-09-01T17:27:52Z There are some compelling characters here who draw our attention away from the disaster happening center stage; they're simply not supposed to. "Persuasion": It was the best of characters, it was the worst of characters 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Canadian R&B star The Weeknd won for "Best Video" with “Starboy”, featuring Daft Punk, and he performed the gloomy, pulsing number live, emerging from a star-covered dome on center stage. Bieber, Gaga win at MTV Europe Music awards; Bruno Mars & Green Day shine 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Vladyslav Buialskyi stood center stage at the Metropolitan Opera, his hand on his heart, and sang the national anthem of his country, Ukraine. Review: With Anthems and Flags, the Met Opera Plays for Ukraine 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z On Sunday the Super Bowl may also rock again — with a lady at center stage. In the Super Bowl, the Women Lead at the Half 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z While sometimes relegated to a supporting character status as a mere appetizer, this soup soup deserves center stage. Upgrade your French onion soup with these expert tips 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z But no one else did what Holliday did when she planted herself center stage and let rip with “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going.” The Best and Worst of the 74th Tony Awards 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Not wanting the conversation to end, they beelined to the center stage and managed to sneak into the front floor area before it reached capacity and was closed. On Love: Sabrina Ali & Leonid Gaiazov 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z The people on the periphery of his life move into center stage and drive him to become the more outrageous version of himself. Aleksandar Hemon's 'Zombie Wars' springs to humorous life unexpectedly 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z But on Wednesday, it was too often the limitations of the instruments, rather than Bach’s limitless imagination, that took center stage. Music Review: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Plays the Brandenburg Concertos 2014-02-06T23:38:23Z In 1974, the most popular TV show in America was a comedy that put a racist, sexist homophobe center stage, then let him rant, impotently, against the churning social change all around him. Why Did Los Angeles Become a Cultural Mecca in the Early 1970s? 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z "This is definitely a movie where Charlize takes center stage ... she can fight men, and she can beat men, so it's a really empowering movie to go see." 'Dunkirk' beats out 'Emoji Movie,' 'Atomic Blonde' to repeat no. 1 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z “If his wife doesn’t want to be center stage, then she shouldn’t be.” Melania Trump, the Silent Partner 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Rather than try to compensate for the material he’s missing, he bets on plain language and diligent documentation, and allows his sources’ unfiltered remembrances to take center stage. The Killers of the ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gang and the Cops Who Went After Them 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z “Eighth Grade” succeeds exactly because it gives center stage to a careful, particularized depiction of these types of interactions. The Cringey Teen Spirit of “Eighth Grade” 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z More problematically, he can’t quite decide how to play out the fantastical central idea of a dying man coming to life only to find himself center stage for 50 minutes. Dance Review: John Heginbotham?s ?One-Man Show? at Joe?s Pub 2010-06-07T22:26:00Z Last November, she took center stage in the music video for “Lemon” by N.E.R.D and Rihanna. ‘Lemon’ Dancer Mette Towley Finds a Bigger Stage 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z A repeat from the 2014 Dance Camera West festival, the dance choreographed by Victor Quijada took center stage again as the Moves After Dark finale. Moves After Dark program presents 4 female-led dance groups in unconventional spaces 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z For them, low-proof spirits and liqueurs take center stage, providing enough spirited kick to usher the drink into cocktail territory, while keeping it light in impact. A French 75 for Everyone 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z For long stretches of “The Big Fella,” Walsh takes center stage. Babe Ruth, the First Modern Celebrity 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z I definitely am always subconsciously and sometimes consciously trying to step back and let other things take center stage. Dev Hynes: New York’s Last Bohemian on the City and His New Album 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z A trailblazer in the avant-garde art scene but little known outside the country, the group takes center stage in the show “Fotoclubismo: Brazilian Modernist Photography, 1946-1964” at the Museum of Modern Art. A Small Brazilian Photo Club That Reached for the Skyline 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z He didn’t take center stage; his band, the Clowns, was fronted by a group of dancing lead vocalists, among them Bobby Marchan, who often performed wearing women’s clothes. Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans Rock ’n’ Roll Cornerstone, Dies at 89 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Characters assume center stage — or home plate — for a spell, only to return for cameo turns. Review | Emily Nemens’s ‘The Cactus League’ is a nostalgic look at the world of baseball 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Although it might take technical prowess to turn a skirt into a sensuous, heaving mass of petals like a Georgia O’Keeffe painting, the body was never really center stage in this whorl of floral delight. Special Report: Fashion: 3 Weddings and a Dior Carnival 2011-07-04T18:10:04Z A major retrospective of the artist at London's Tate Modern puts famous images like "Whaam!" and "Drowning Girl" center stage, but also seeks to explain how Lichtenstein got there and where he went next. Lichtenstein show in UK goes beyond cartoon classics 2013-02-18T17:00:14Z Richard Nixon comes off as a sympathetic character, banished from center stage but still trying to influence foreign policy through secret notes and furtive phone calls. ‘Finale’ review: A novel of the Reagan years that’s packed with real-life barbs 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The kids, who have hardly sung in front of people since the start of the pandemic, took center stage earlier in the evening for a singing of Patti Smith’s “People Have the Power.” A funky Flea celebrates his birthday, his school’s founding 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Rather than focusing on Hendrix as a larger-than-life figure, Shadwick puts the music center stage. NW Books: the musical history of Jimi Hendrix 2012-12-28T21:52:26Z I like to be center stage, to drive a conversation, to persuade an audience. Motherlode Blog: How She Does It 2011-09-01T17:27:52Z But, maybe in an effort to correct an old view that Islam was responsible for Sahel culture’s vitality, neither it nor any other outside trans-Saharan force is given a center stage in the show. Desert Empires: Wonders to Behold 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The viola takes center stage on Sunday when the violist Marcus Thompson and the pianist Doris Stevenson perform works by Vivaldi, Schubert, Weber and Shostakovich. Classical & Opera Listings for June 26-July 2 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z There I was: at sports-fantasy center stage, for once looking up at all those rows of seats. To win season tickets, all he had to do was hit a home run in Nationals Park. Could he swing it? 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z As the star of the show, he’d have been better placed at center stage; ideally on a raised platform, since a pianist can’t roam the stage the way a guitarist can. Elton John delights KeyArena with nearly 3 hours of hits 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z With bands and audience members separated by little in the way of hierarchy or physical space, sound took center stage. The Death of Death by Audio 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z While punk's style is put on center stage at the Met, we want your help to tell the wider story of punk and its legacy today. Shaved heads and safety pins? Help us tell the story of punk 2013-04-30T13:39:49Z At center stage two large computer monitors showed keyboards and synthesizer modules, digital representations of analog technology. Music Review: Tangerine Dream at Best Buy Theater 2012-07-09T22:24:33Z In the Season 3 premiere, they and their problems are center stage. ‘Masters of Sex’ Returns for Season 3, Children in Tow 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Because they avoid taking center stage, those directors might serve their films well but not their films' best picture prospects. Documentaries aim to make Oscar history 2010-11-24T02:13:00Z While artists active in the early 20th century concentrated on painterly achievement, those who took center stage after World War II focused on the modes of perception. Art: Gerhard Richter, Grand Master of Our Time 2011-10-28T12:00:09Z Where Harkness excels is with her charmingly offbeat details of witches and witchcraft, especially whenever Diana and her Aunt Sarah take center stage. ‘The Book of Life,’ the final volume of Deborah Harkness’s All Souls Trilogy Summer took center stage in a Mexican classic: grilled corn, drenched in lime butter and sprinkled with paprika, cilantro and cotija cheese. Bites: Restaurant Report: Spork in Bend, Ore. 2013-12-10T19:37:00Z As with Rogue 24, Cooper puts his kitchen center stage, the better for his audience to see their meals being made. Gypsy Soul: R.J. Cooper brings a wanderer’s touch and Southern flair Stephen Taylor’s humane oboe took on the character of a vocal soloist, and Mélisande Corriveau’s viola da gamba had crisp, authoritative articulation befitting her prominent placement at center stage. Review: A ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Balances Grandeur and Calm 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z In Banderas’s staging, Bobby sometimes sits center stage as the large cast rotates around him. With ‘Company,’ Antonio Banderas Brings Sondheim to Spain 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z With rare exception, dresses take center stage, while pants are merely in a supporting role. Colors in, and black out, on Milan runway 2012-09-23T22:46:03Z “Pohaku” means “stones,” and the piece opened with Morgan building a ceremonial platform at center stage. A hip-shaking evocation of the last Hawaiian queen 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Smith, at center stage, played bright and gestural trumpet solos from time to time in long, cracking tones and conducted the Pacifica Red Coral ensemble, a string quartet with a harpist at stage left. Music Review: ‘Ten Freedom Summers,’ by Wadada Leo Smith 2013-05-03T05:55:12Z A spotlighted ticker-tape machine sits commandingly center stage as the play begins, right across from a manual exchange board. | 'The Merchant of Venice': Al Pacino Brings His Shylock to Shakespeare in the Park 2010-07-01T02:01:00Z And it romanced Boyle, a woman in her late 40s who had never been kissed, never gotten a chance to take center stage, into an international symbol of triumph. A dream of time gone by: How PBS's "Les Misérables" helps process the tragedy of the Notre Dame fire 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z And like an opera diva of yesteryear, she never strays from center stage, as if to conserve energy better used to keep the flow of cutting commentary from running dry for even a moment. | 'Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony': Look Out, Celebrities: Her Aim Is True 2011-03-13T22:06:07Z That rampant violence takes center stage here, as do the people who tirelessly work to stop it. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Gentleman Jack’ and ‘Charm City’ 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Green often performs with a full band, placing his own bass work at center stage. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for Jan. 30-Feb. 5 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z This silly, predictable setup — which hinges on an elaborate misunderstanding of how college admissions work — grows less important as the story wears on and the dancing takes center stage. ‘Work It’ Review: Freestyling Through Senior Year 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z And when the director, Leslie Small, discovered there wasn’t a spotlight for center stage, a lighting truck was built and placed in the audience to create the effect. Watch Kevin Hart Tell a Joke. See Fans Laugh. At the Movies. 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z His largest one-man show opened in Berlin in April, two more exhibits recently debuted in Britain, and his art currently occupies center stage at the Brooklyn Museum. For Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, 'free' is a relative term 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Langdon is center stage practically all the time, and he inhabits the character’s excitability and anxiety with an always-tense streak of vulnerability. The hot play ‘Curious Incident’ burns almost too brightly at Kennedy Center 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Wilson was center stage on keyboards all night. Brian Wilson earns standing ovation for song, career 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Harry Todd Jamieson as timid Harold Crosby deserves a medal for forbearance as he literally hangs center stage for much of the show. ‘Owen Meany’ an antidote to holiday sweetness | Theater review 2012-12-13T22:28:50Z Because the heroine and hero are dancing center stage, it’s easy to miss this box sequence altogether. Dance This Week: Cinderella’s Force Field and a Passionate ‘Apollo’ Argument 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Now she strides confidently onto center stage, and we plunge deeply into her life, both past and present. Review | Cory Doctorow’s ‘Attack Surface’ is a riveting techno-thriller 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Trump isn’t even the only figure from last year’s election to take center stage. Donald Trump Takes Center Stage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Simon’s wounded vulnerability is never too far underneath the glitter and takes center stage in the 11 o’clock power ballad “Hold Me in Your Heart.” Review: A Faithful ‘Kinky Boots,’ With All Its Pizazz and Pitfalls 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z His style is intense, sardonic, philosophical, with a tendency to skitter away from the spotlight even as he places himself center stage. Review: Recalling an Electric New York in ‘Radicals in Miniature’ 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z But it’s her mouth that holds center stage at the SoHo Playhouse, where her fabled — and genuinely fabulous — “Fleabag” opened on Thursday night. Review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Gives New York a Fabulous ‘Fleabag’ 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z It takes center stage as one of the 18 heroes, alongside beef and chicken. Don’t order out. Dive into Jamie Oliver’s new cookbook 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The three joined her at center stage for “You Don’t Know,” a heartache-infused ballad. Jill Scott’s ‘Woman’ sustains her celebration of feminine strength 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Sharing the same spirit of “20 Feet From Stardom” and “Searching for Sugar Man,” which both put overlooked performers center stage, this film examines the influence of Native Americans on popular music. Review: ‘Rumble’ Gives Due to Unheralded Native American Pop Musicians 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Nearly all the action is concentrated in a patch of center stage, a sandbox with a seesaw, hidden at times by fabric walls that rise and fall. Music Review: ‘Soldier Songs’ at Pace University 2013-01-14T22:39:57Z With propulsive, high-tension music to match his urgency, Kua Fu runs in place at center stage, as the sun, a rice-paper lantern, moves around him, out of his long arms’ reach. Review: In ‘Book of Mountains & Seas,’ Puppets Embark on Mythic Quests 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The penny-farthings and fancy dress were all packed away by Sunday, however, as the more serious matter of the country's premier cyclosportive took center stage. Hurricane turns Surrey sportive into epic challenge 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z At this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, nostalgia has taken center stage in a retrospective series of coming-of-age movies chosen by actors and filmmakers from all over the world. Film Artists Reflect on the Movies that Left a Mark 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Electro pop, house and techno will take center stage at this festival of contemporary music from the Baltics, Russia and across Europe. What's On This Week Around The World 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z It was Mr. Downs’s first taste of center stage. Hugh Downs, Perennial Small-Screen Fixture, Is Dead at 99 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Leaders in the field naturally occupy center stage. Maastricht Signals an Art Market on the Rebound 2010-03-19T15:25:00Z “My father would hold onto the back of my pants while I leaned over trying to see center stage,” he said in the oral history. Robert Kalfin, Founder of an Adventurous Theater, Dies at 89 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z “Well, this is just getting ridiculous,” Waller-Bridge said, laughing, after taking center stage to accept her third Emmy of the night, the award for best comedy series. 2019 Emmy Awards: ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Fleabag’ Win Top Prizes 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z A 12-foot, double-sided, “Moon Mirror” towered center stage, created by a mysterious Dutch and Norwegian duo named the Children of the Light. Darkside returns to lay claim to the title of best psychedelic rock band in the world 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z But Shires has also stepped firmly into center stage, where she belongs, even though her voice may sometimes shake with the emotion of standing up and saying what she means. "I'm not quiet, but my voice still warbles": Amanda Shires on her new album and owning her strength 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z But in the Middle East's version of "American Idol," it's the region's troubles that often take center stage. Politics commandeer stage in Mideast TV contest 2013-05-12T18:29:08Z In his new novel, “The Corrections,” Mr. Franzen has brought a family and its problems center stage to try to write a sort of American “Buddenbrooks.” 38 Years on Books: The Essential Michiko Kakutani Reader 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Since a number of the dresses were ankle length, shoes were not always center stage. Special Report: Fashion: Armani's Blue Period 2010-09-27T18:20:00Z It was only a matter of time until Nelson took center stage. 'Land Ho!' embarks on two men's adventures in Iceland 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z It was the Budweiser Superfest, at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, and he was about three minutes away from climbing atop the grand piano at center stage for a triumphant dance. Music: Kem and Jos? James Perform in New York 2010-08-10T22:28:00Z The show takes on marginalization and discrimination and highlights fantastic characters who in any other series would be entirely too awkward to take center stage. 4 reasons why every “Awkward Black Girl” should be watching “Transparent” 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z VanderMeer’s latest ecological thriller is a narrative puzzle box with the ominous hum of climate change in the background — until it advances, terrifyingly, onto center stage. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z There wasn’t much call for it center stage. Give Them a Hand: Puppet Artists Are Having a Moment 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z In the captivating opener, music takes center stage as two men seated across a table launch into an intricate skat and bebop routine. Two brothers, one Christian, one Muslim, try to bridge their worlds in 'Bars and Measures' 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z One Yellowstone wolf, a social-media sensation named O-Six, takes center stage, along with two National Park Service employees driven by their passion for the species. New in Paperback: ‘An Odyssey,’ ‘Dunbar’ 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The play is on more fertile ground in its depiction of how the mission dwellers and the Africans coexist — at least up until a cataclysmic ending that places Ms. Atim tellingly at center stage. London Theater Review: ‘Les Blancs,’ ‘X‘ and ‘Cyprus Avenue’ 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z In this exhibition Egypt’s often overlooked beginnings move to center stage, with the Met pieces supplemented by outstanding loans from a dozen other museums in the United States and Europe. Art Review: ?The Dawn of Egyptian Art? at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-04-12T22:17:19Z A little over a decade after the band’s breakup, he has shifted to center stage with modern, radio-friendly Texas country. The Texas Shuffle 2011-03-06T02:06:02Z Thanks to that festival, and to the overall rise of cinephilic passion that prevails even today, Losey came out from behind the curtain and took center stage as an artistic hero. Cultural Clicks: Tweets from God, the Songs of Summer, and Soccer Art 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Other pieces take center stage, like the 24 photos in the middle of the room, all from her series “Look Who’s Talking.” For an Artist, the Morgan Is Subject, Object and Venue 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z In "The Imitation Game," exposing the draconian laws that turned a war hero into a prosecuted outcast shared center stage with Turing. Biopics find new life at the Oscars and beyond 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z With its putative center stage used simply, if grandly, as that — a stage that will pass from artist to artist — the Biennial defuses itself a bit, in a good way. Art Review: 2012 Whitney Biennial 2012-03-01T23:59:52Z The play’s final image, which finds a single figure crouched center stage, evokes classical sculptures of a gladiator in his death throes. Theater Review: ?Cockfight Play,? Directed by James Macdonald, at the Duke 2012-05-18T02:00:02Z “An architectural design should not take center stage when it’s supposed to recede into the background of an artist’s work,” said Gray, who is moving to TriBeCa after 17 years in Chelsea. His ‘Soft White Cube’ Is Conquering TriBeCa 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z It’s understood that Rogers believes that Wilson — who as Falcon has been his sidekick — is ready to take center stage as the next Captain America. When Blackness Is a Superpower 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z When he ceded center stage, though, the song began to swell. Review: Kanye West’s ‘The Life of Pablo,’ Songs of Praise and Self 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z And a third, placed center stage at the Miller Theater at Columbia University, mimed speaking into a smartphone as the day’s blocking work began. Kate Soper Returns to Opera With a Story Medieval and Modern 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Travelers have always sought new lodging experiences, culminating in the home-sharing trend that now has taken center stage in the travel industry. Perspective | Nontraditional lodging fills a need for pandemic travelers 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The result is a soft and sublime transformation of a good whiskey, while still allowing it to hold center stage. How to make a Rye Old-Fashioned, a classic 3-ingredient drink (plus ice) 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z With a lot more agency and power than usual, sure, but we still aren't allowed to take center stage or even given actual superpowers. "WandaVision" gave us the MCU's first superpowered Black woman, which is long overdue yet not enough 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z This landmark translation matches the original’s line count while drawing on a spare, simple and direct idiom that strips away formulaic language to let the characters take center stage. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z He’s worked more often as a pianist, but here only sang, a small man at center stage in a tie and brown baseball cap. Music Review: Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio With Johnny O’Neal at Jazz Standard 2012-06-17T22:08:15Z Expressive brushwork and skillfully structured composition took center stage. 'Alternative Dreams: 17th Century Chinese Paintings From the Tsao Collection' at LACMA 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Hardly a scene passes where Emma does not claim center stage. Perfection comes at a price in latest adaptation of Jane Austen's classic "Emma" 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z “I rose up in bed,” Knievel said into a microphone, back at last on center stage. Books of The Times: Daring the Devil and Mastering His Tricks 2011-05-03T16:36:34Z All three have nice moments in this movie, but it’s the older adults who take center stage. | 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2': Childhood Vanishing in Swirls of Smoke 2011-07-14T01:03:02Z Jacopo has placed some convincingly rendered cattle, sheep and goats center stage but is still struggling somewhat with the painting of the perspective, human elements and their placing in the overall space. Review: Bassano's Pastoral Idyll 2010-04-23T13:25:00Z Scallions take center stage in this spicy, creamy pasta dish. The simple trick that will keep scallions fresher, longer 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z But Johnson's twitchy anxiety about her new gig takes center stage ahead of a big launch party for her Steve Madden brand. Fashion's Betsey Johnson goes to therapy in made-for-TV comeback 2013-05-10T16:32:55Z To a thumping ABBA-laden soundtrack, the women’s dancing takes center stage in almost hypnotic fashion as they gyrate, make out, and shake their backsides in tiny shorts. Cannes critics let rip at Kechiche's three-hour twerk fest 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z “Michael Jackson performed at halftime, and now Eugene is center stage.” Meet the Creator of the Egg That Broke Instagram 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z I remember the first time I went center stage, even though it was black, I got chills all over my body. Tiler Peck missed dancing onstage. She went and found one. 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z But with Ms. Bennett center stage, the play both celebrates and critiques a singular talent, an end-of-show postscript reminding us that London was where Garland died in 1969; she was 47. On the London Stage: It's Judy's World and Welcome to It 2010-12-01T08:00:00Z Various configurations of oysters and green papaya will take center stage at a table where cooks will shuck the bivalves and assemble the salads. The Fall Restaurant Preview 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Amid a season in which casting issues are taking center stage, what better way to engage the spectator than making him or her the star? Review: Onstage Risks and Rewards 2010-07-27T11:06:00Z While the lives, loves and adventures of Lafcadio Hearn hold center stage in this novel, these are set off by a rich brocade of social critiques — of slavery, colonization and the repression of women. Review | In Monique Truong’s ‘The Sweetest Fruits,’ 19th-century writer Lafcadio Hearn comes to life 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z All show situations range from mildly uncomfortable to downright terrifying, yet the quality of the filmmaking takes center stage. ‘The 2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Small Tales, Big Ideas 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Wilson’s landmark achievement illuminates the poem’s double meanings and subtleties, with the characters and their interactions always on center stage. New in Paperback: ‘Afterglow (a dog memoir),’ ‘The Odyssey’ 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Now he places Southern ingredients at center stage at both restaurants, and gives them much to do. Critic?s Notebook: A Southern Chef Doesn?t Stray Far 2011-02-08T23:14:12Z And in that future, they could well take center stage. Trump has spurred hundreds of women to run for office. Guess what? Some are Republican. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The film's production was turbulent with the director's self-destructive demons and battles with the studio taking center stage. Sam Peckinpah's 'Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid' at Aero Theatre 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z And the actress Lois Smith, who won an Obie lifetime achievement award, looked out from center stage and said, “I want to thank Michael Feingold for his lifetime achievement – it’s still going on.” ArtsBeat: Obies Ceremony Celebrates Departing Village Voice Theater Critic 2013-05-21T14:59:02Z An oil painting of a Norwegian fiord took center stage. Looking to unplug in your own house? Here’s some inspiration 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z But the movie’s most frustrating choices concern Ball’s registration with the Communist Party, a scandal that takes center stage in the biopic “Being the Ricardos.” ‘Lucy and Desi’ Review: Love in the Time of Television 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z He pioneered a dramatic, narrative-driven choreography style and was among the first to push male dancers to center stage. Dance troupe spotlights Mexico's native son, Limon 2010-11-18T22:01:00Z And with formulaic language stripped away, it is the characters and their interactions that take center stage. A Version of Homer That Dares to Match Him Line for Line 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Exhibits featuring the Boeing 747, which was a popular aircraft in Japanese airlines’ fleets, are given center stage on the main floor. In Asia, Layovers That Let You Take in the Sights 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z A lectern stands at center stage, and a stiff-looking pew sits off to the side. ‘Your Own Personal Exegesis’ Review: Blessed Be the Young and Lustful 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Sen. Elizabeth Warren occupied center stage on her night of nights wearing a bright purple jacket over her usual aerodynamic underpinnings. Perspective | Kamala Harris embraced black. That was both unremarkable and theatrically powerful. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z But here he was, center stage, mimicking Jackson's signature dance moves with almost eerie accuracy. Comeback night at BET Awards: Chris Brown, DeBarge 2010-06-28T13:01:00Z As the air-travel system gets more crowded and less error-tolerant, and the drive for efficiency and sustained profitability commands center stage, there are still weak links that need attention before somebody gets killed. FAA cuts, exhausted pilots, ancient planes: Is your flight really safe? 2013-06-09T14:00:00Z It’s also a study in contrasts, as ushers with no stage experience must walk across the stage to meet the most graceful of performers at center stage. When presenting a bouquet to a ballerina, don’t trip! 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Nine masked performers, speechless, stared intently at center stage. ‘Godspell’ in 2020: Masks, Partitions and a Contactless Crucifixion 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z But gender and identity take the center stage. “Red, White & Royal Blue”: Here's what Henry's and Alex's taste in books say about their characters 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Six dancers, arranged in a ring center stage, rotated like a carousel, bobbing and curling. Dance Review: David Parsons at Joyce Theater - Review 2012-01-12T23:40:07Z But it is the Goldberg Variations that command center stage, both as music to master and as metaphor for Kennicott’s search for truth. Review | In ‘Counterpoint,’ a memoirist reflects on love, loss and Bach 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z There was no center stage for this summit, no signpost to pose beside for pictures. Bushwhacking Up Maine’s Baker Mountain 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z It’s included here, and it begins: “This week, after being written off for dead in a monthlong flurry of grumpy magazine articles, the National Football League stormed back and retook center stage.” From Camille Paglia, ‘Free Women, Free Men’ and No Sacred Cows 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z When he returned for the last few encores, near midnight, he skipped his way to center stage. Music Review: Leonard Cohen at the Barclays Center 2012-12-22T00:28:21Z The pendulum in an understudy’s life can swing just this wildly: from eventless weeks in the theater wings, to a day in the brilliant light of center stage. When LuPone or Midler gets sick? The show must go on, and so must the sub 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Today Wonder Woman took center stage in a new crop of images, which hopefully reveal a bit of the Diana Prince backstory. 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' images deliver more Wonder Woman 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z It mostly serves dishes that are free of gluten and dairy and composed primarily of vegetables, though chicken and beef take center stage in a couple of them. The Carlyle Hotel’s Refurbished Restaurant, Dowling’s, Opens 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z As the case moves forward, the norms and practices in the film and television industry will quite likely take center stage. Lights, Camera, Weapons Check? Actors Worry After Baldwin Charges. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Where Ryan Seacrest once held “Idol” court from center stage of a theater, he now works from home, backed by a neon logo. Live(ish), From Someone’s Room, This … Is American Isolation 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z “Lucky Grandma” puts an older Asian woman center stage without infantilizing her or rendering her pitiful. ‘Lucky Grandma’ Review: Mean Streets of Chinatown 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z At each performance of “Caroline, or Change,” I look forward to this calming bit of preshow acclimation, even as a Confederate statue stands imposingly at center stage. A Season to Savor a Cherished Musical Again and Again (and Again) 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z "This is definitely a movie where Charlize takes center stage ... she can fight men, and she can beat men, so it's a really empowering movie to go see." 'Dunkirk' beats out 'Emoji Movie,' 'Atomic Blonde' to repeat no. 1 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z While Mr. McClure is often center stage in this sequence, you still have to look hard to distinguish the real from the mock. Theater Review: ‘Chaplin: The Musical’ at the Ethel Barrymore Theater 2012-09-11T02:00:17Z This approach to family-style dining limits clutter and prevents the food from being the sole focus of a meal, letting human interaction take center stage. How an Author and His Husband Host Casual Dinners in Their New York Apartment 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Since there are so many different types of windows in the above room, skipping treatments altogether keeps the room feeling consistent, as well as lets the unique window shapes take center stage. Curtains, blinds or both? Here’s how to pick window treatments 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Charlier kept the silhouette simple to let the prints have center stage and used a tiered shape to great effect, mixing stiffer fabrics with fluid silk chiffon, all in the same print. Special Report: Fashion: Taking Charge at Kenzo 2011-03-07T19:23:37Z Mosley took center stage for a driving performance of his song “Abraham,” including a virtuoso bass performance, bowed and plucked, that lived in the territory between Charles Mingus and Bootsy Collins. Review | Kamasi Washington’s playing is a mighty howl at Lincoln Theatre 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Starting small, Smiley pulls the camera way, way back, firmly positioning the Langdons center stage on the national and the international scene. Jane Smiley brings 'Some Luck' to readers 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z And while marquee shows like “Hadestown,” “Hamilton” and “Wicked” are still awaiting their September reopenings, it was Springsteen who took one of the most meaningful strolls to center stage in Broadway history, and sang. Bruce Springsteen Reopens Broadway, Ushering In Theater’s Return 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z While last week’s episode curiously didn’t touch on Jamie’s abuse and how it currently shapes their relationship with much depth, it takes center stage in “Not in Scotland Anymore.” ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z And country music takes center stage in a new episode of “Austin City Limits.” What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Love, Simon’ and ‘Austin City Limits’ 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z So fearful have they become of seeming biased that they’re not calling out actual and dangerous bias when it takes center stage. The media's "Made in America" problem: Trump creates racist controversy, gets free campaign coverage 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z For all her perkiness, she sang every song rooted at center stage: good comportment for a number like “Lullabye,” but not for “Clap Your Hands,” her discoesque first encore. Music Review: A Big-Voiced Singer Takes Off In Several Directions at Once 2011-07-28T22:09:05Z The former reality TV star didn’t merely stand at center stage as the frontrunner in the polls, he was also the center of attention. CNN's Super-Sized Debate Helps Candidates and Hurts Viewers 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Water attractions take center stage in New Braunfels and the neighboring riverside village of Gruene, a half-hour drive north of San Antonio, but there are plenty of other recreational activities. Two-Day Escapes 2010-05-06T16:06:00Z The novel “A Suitable Boy” emerged as Hindu nationalist politics began to take center stage in India following violent clashes over the destruction, in 1992, of a 16th-century mosque in Ayodhya. ‘A Suitable Boy’ Finally Finds Its Perfect Match: Mira Nair 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z The insecurity continued even when the quartet was dancing uniform movements center stage. Young Canadian choreographer brings promising works to Dance Place 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Perhaps because Pratt's been such a reliable comic sidekick to the main attraction, it's taken Hollywood longer than it should to put him center stage. Chris Pratt enters a new galaxy with his winning brand of acting 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z “It felt like, oh this is a great opportunity to dig into her a lot more and to get to push her center stage a bit.” Perspective | Ben Platt’s seven-year journey with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ has taken him from Arena Stage to Hollywood 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z At New York Live Arts, her performers, fluent in many styles from postmodern dance and hip-hop to synchronized swimming and martial arts, took center stage for dancing that spoke about a body’s history, its conditioning. Best Dance Performances of 2022 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Pendleton’s production gives the illusion of letting life happen as it happens, unscripted and untidy, with destiny-changing events often occurring not center stage but, as W. H. Auden put it, “anyhow in a corner.” | 'Three Sisters': Russian Ennui, American Idiom 2011-02-04T03:01:38Z When she’s dancing center stage with four other women on the peripheries, she often looks like the least free person present. Review: Five by Balanchine, Stark and Dramatic, at City Ballet 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z More than a hundred dresses recently took center stage in New York, paraded down the runways for Fashion Week. Spare Times: For Children, for Feb. 24-March 1 2012-02-23T22:21:36Z Religion takes center stage this issue with reviews of books about the history of God and the meaning of the Quran. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Now, for the first time since she was 28, Falcone has put herself center stage to promote a new, personal cause. The Doyenne of Classical Publicists Takes on a Final Client: Herself 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z It was slow, smart and chilling music, and as Andy Gonzalez absorbed it, sitting at center stage, his face showed — in order — surprise, disbelief, delight and respect. Music Review: Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at Symphony Space ? Review 2011-10-16T22:37:24Z The Seer, eye popping and hammy, takes center stage surrounded by his subjects, and he occasionally lunges toward the first row of this intimate theater. | 'Hypnotik: The Seer Will Doctor You Now': ?Hypnotik? at Theater for the New City - Review 2012-01-01T22:18:00Z I just stood there, center stage, stock-still, taking it all in. Emilia Clarke, of “Game of Thrones,” on Surviving Two Life-Threatening Aneurysms 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z In “Evanston Salt Costs Climbing,” a slightly earlier script now making its New York debut courtesy of the New Group, these themes sprawl center stage. Review: In ‘Evanston Salt Costs Climbing,’ Co-Workers Weather the Storm 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Since Jan. 11, Ricamora, 42, has been taking center stage at the Westside Theater, and while he displays serious comic muscle, he also taps into the character’s painful loneliness. Conrad Ricamora on His Bumpy Road to ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z None of the dozen or so ladies at center stage is missing much. 2010-01-08T06:23:00Z For the Iraqis things are much worse, and “Green Zone” is admirable in its refusal to make them bit players in their own nation’s drama even though the Americans occupy center stage. Movie Review | 'Green Zone': Matt Damon Searches for That Casualty of War, Truth 2010-03-11T23:32:00Z The work is episodic, with each of the five taking center stage at various points, but the gorgeous Ms. Mohn dominates as hostess. Dance Review: Johannes Wieland?s ?new you? at Cunningham Studio - Review 2011-12-22T22:46:00Z “Untitled” opens with Joseph Sissons moving center stage, legs unfurling to the sky, torso hunching forward, body propelling into the air before coming to a dead stop. Review: At the Royal Ballet, a Landscape and Soundscape With Dance 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z In fact, in a moment of meta-midlife-self-branding madness at the end of the first episode, all of these tumultuous factors tumble to center stage as Brent and Josh sweep the porch. "The Fabulous Beekman Boys": Can farming cure a midlife crisis? 2010-06-16T12:01:00Z But it gleams if polished right, as it was in that lean, fat-free 1996 Encores staging — sleek black costumes, no real set, orchestra center stage. The killer-dillers of ‘Chicago’ have been slaying audiences for decades 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z At center stage for most of the drama is a round table set for a celebratory dinner, surrounded by black cane chairs, the kind that gnaw into your back at formal functions. Review: ‘Hamlet’ as an After-Party That Got Out of Hand 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z As I walked onto the gleaming Indonesian mahogany floors, it was the bed that took center stage, its crisp Egyptian cotton sheets draped casually by blue and white wool pillows and throws. On Croatia’s Coast, Stunning Pools and a Mediterranean Mood 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z His muscle bound frame is frequently on display in his films, but in Michael Bay’s 2013 dark comedy Pain & Gain, his body takes center stage. Don't go changing: actor transformations that weren't worth the effort 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The hotel’s Web site promises rooms with “spectacular” views of ocean sunsets and the Santa Monica mountains; the landmark that took center stage in my view, however, was the drab, squat Los Angeles Convention Center. Check In/Check Out: Hotel Review: The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles 2010-12-31T19:55:00Z But it’s the bustling, multicultural, multilingual Istanbul of the 1500s, “a molten town perched on the tip of the waves, swaying, dizzying, ever changing …,” that takes center stage: ‘The Architect’s Apprentice’: a boy and an elephant in Istanbul 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Trump was alternately prickly, crude, menacing and proudly sexist as he took center stage at the first GOP debate. Fox News tries to expel Donald Trump — but last night’s debate didn’t finish him 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Perhaps classic machismo, long associated with Gucci, is waiting in the wings to return to center stage as soon as the balance sheet improves. Spring 2016 is all about lacy shirts, floral prints, silky fabrics — for men. Hey, why not? 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Taken together, they straddle center stage, rising past the dim walls of a punk band’s practice room. | Mark Morrisroe 2011-03-10T20:13:06Z Set to Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, the ballet begins with Gonzalo Garcia at center stage; every few seconds he changes direction and extends his arms as if he is pushing away air. Dance Review: City Ballet Dances 3 Works Set to Violin Concertos 2014-02-14T22:37:35Z She likens it to a fight-or-flight response, and it happens eight shows a week: her body’s reaction to being so exposed, center stage in a 1,200-seat house. How Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon Got Intimate 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Food returns to center stage this summer at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx; beginning Saturday, displays throughout the garden will relate to produce as part of the exhibition “Around the Table.” The Spotlight Is on Produce All Summer Long at the Botanical Garden 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z The trailer has Shakespeare’s language spoken in almost-whispers, yet the starkly brutal imagery takes center stage. All Hail Michael Fassbender in This Gripping Macbeth Trailer 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The latest offering from this astonishing underground troupe begins with individual performers walking up to a microphone center stage. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Imagination From Despair in Ednburgh and Minsk 2012-06-18T19:49:07Z Within seconds, stagehands are pulling the comforter and pillows off a bed at center stage, pulling up light cords and drilling up the wooden slats of the stage. Never Missing a Curtain This Season, the Met Opera Takes a Final Bow 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Homer Simpson, a three-decade Fox veteran, stood center stage before Anthony Anderson, a star of ABC’s “black-ish” took over — and then Bryan Cranston delivered a sincere speech about television’s cultural impact. 2019 Emmy Awards: ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Fleabag’ Win Top Prizes 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z She gives the newscasters — modern city folk with practiced off-and-on empathy and inane, if occasionally hilarious, ideas about rural life — center stage, though they’re her least interesting satiric target. | 'Peepli Live': A Sendup of India Politics and News 2010-08-13T04:13:00Z Rum and honey take center stage in one of our favorite French 75 riffs. 19 Prosecco cocktails for when you need a lil’ bubbly 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z During this show Ms. Apple moved between the microphone at center stage and a piano off to the side with an array of votive candles on top. Music Review: Fiona Apple at Music Hall of Williamsburg 2012-03-25T22:04:58Z Although orchestras curl up around the song’s main acoustic guitar melody, Cornell’s singing takes center stage. Chris Cornell’s talents transcend the grunge genre he helped create 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z One after another, a dancer takes center stage for a solo, then stares down the audience in silence. Two Ways of Looking at Cuba’s Modern Dance Problem 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z And the leaders who underestimated or downright denied it have helped the illness take center stage. A Plague on Your Houses: Reading Covid-19 Into Disease Onstage 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z On Monday in many shows, New York itself — its power structures and institutions and still-glorious landmarks — took center stage. At Helmut Lang and Oscar de la Renta, Wrestling with History 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z But Elizabeth took center stage earlier this week when she summoned Charles, William and Harry to a crisis meeting at her rural retreat to deal with issues raised by Harry’s plan to break away. Royal rift: UK monarchy will look smaller when dust settles 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z "Holy Ghost" not only shows the audience what Leti is capable of, but enables Smollett to take center stage. "It's blood memory": Jurnee Smollett on how the horrors in "Lovecraft Country" are felt in real life 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z But during a few densely scheduled days every summer, the Tanglewood Music Center takes center stage to present the Festival of Contemporary Music. At Tanglewood, You Can Hear 8 Concerts in 3 Days 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Silvia Perrone, a dancer in a bright red dress, twirled and skipped at center stage, barefoot. Music Review: Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino Lets the Pizzica Sing 2013-06-28T21:45:18Z As a result, most of the night’s best jokes were directed at the conservative commentator, not the 52-year-old man-of-honor who looked rather neglected in his center stage chair. Ann Coulter Gets Completely Burned at Rob Low's Roast 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z These contentious views will take center stage in the final volume, “A Trail of Crab Tracks,” as an armed resistance movement fights for a unified vision of the country. Searching for the Past in Cameroon, Only to Find It Is Still Very Present 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z PG: Has the temperament of a candidate ever been so center stage before? Rachel Maddow and Doris Kearns Goodwin on a Presidential Race for the History Books 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z He was bouncing up and down for much of the night, though twice he dropped to his knees at center stage. Music Review: Drake Performs at PNC Arts Center 2012-06-13T22:02:28Z And in David Lang’s “whisper opera” — which will have its New York premiere on Saturday at the Clark Studio Theater at Lincoln Center — the Internet takes center stage. David Lang’s ‘whisper opera’ Mines Truths From the Web 2013-08-02T18:57:04Z In “Redshirts” the bit players in life’s drama learn to occupy center stage — hilariously, profanely, and then with a determination to make their lives, and deaths, matter. In ‘Redshirts,’ John Scalzi Gives Expendables a Life 2012-07-06T22:52:40Z True to the values of a Nancy Meyers movie, that house — which is sure to inspire design lust — takes center stage. Her mom directed some of the best rom-coms of all time. Now she’s made one of her own. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z It’s an ideal way to couch the party’s hard line on amnesty and refugees before an election in which immigration policy may well take center stage. For Nikki Haley and other politicians, immigrant ties are a dual-edged sword 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Shakespeare, hands down, which might seem a bit elementary since he occupies such a center stage in literature. Amanda Gorman, the Inaugural Poet Who Dreams of Writing Novels 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z At center stage, meanwhile, the fight over the fate of little Polly, which drives the plot forward, proceeds as it usually does. Theater Review: Atlantic Theater’s Decadent, Decorous ‘Threepenny Opera’ 2014-04-08T02:00:15Z The story’s main character becomes popular after writing a hit rock song, but complications arise and free speech issues take center stage. Captain Cook in the Arctic; new history of life on Earth 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The violence, when it does move toward center stage, is visceral and stunning. The Art of Staying Cool: 10 Can’t-Miss Summer Shows in New York 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Now she takes center stage as she and Jimmy explore what they mean to each other. Review: A Better Better Call Saul Proves It's Broken the Spinoff Curse 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z It is the father, Junius, who first takes center stage at the house, known as Tudor Hall — and it’s well into a tour guide’s presentation that the offspring enter the scene. How a museum dedicated to ‘The Mad Booths of Maryland’ deals with infamy — and fame 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “The second part of the show” — when the prosecutors took center stage — “couldn’t exist without the first,” said James Sanders, an architect and author of “Celluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies.” Television: How ?Law & Order? Helped New York Tourism 2010-05-28T19:57:00Z Like a movie star unable to make the transition from silent pictures to talkies, it shot from center stage to oblivion. LACMA's 'Space Sculpture' shot from center stage to oblivion 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Picnic tables and grills are at center stage, and images of surrounding greenery glow from behind glass in Clint Ramos’s set. Review: ‘Barbecue,’ an Intervention With Love, Insults and Whiskey 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Smallwood is center stage, in front of 11 of his singers in evening dresses and suits, revving the audience with mini-sermons before each number. The Richard Smallwood you know: 4 Doves, 10 Stellars, 8 Grammy noms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The old portraits are center stage in the bedrooms. Inside Blair House, where the president’s guests get the VIP treatment 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z It leaves the show with a bit of an empty center, where the mystery of the week takes center stage rather than the people trying to solve it. Blindspot: NBC’s big bet for fall lacks the Memento to take off 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z I’m not sure what the scene in the bathroom was all about, but surely their characters will be center stage soon. 'Empire' recap: Jamal's big break 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z In movement class, he claimed center stage, striking attitudes that his instructors found unusual, original. Postscript: David Bowie, 1947-2016 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z The 30-actor company performs around rather than in front of the audience, mostly seated on swivel chairs in a large pit center stage. Can a sleepy Chinese town become a cultural mecca? 2013-06-08T23:00:00Z Bisio, at center stage, was something to see: loose, a little disheveled, swatting at and almost wrestling his instrument as if it threatened to control him. Earshot Jazz Festival embraces past, present and future 2012-10-18T16:41:04Z For her, she says, “the safest place in the world to be is center stage.” Movie Review: ?Carol Channing: Larger Than Life,? by Dori Berinstein 2012-02-03T00:28:15Z For the veteran "Saturday Night Live" cast member, center stage is a relatively new vantage point. Jason Sudeikis of 'SNL' takes center stage 2011-06-01T21:36:35Z And once her glorious but brief center stage moment came and went, there were still more than two hours of the show to go. Enduring the Emmys: Have award shows as we know them outlived their purpose? 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z But in the best of the three parts, called “Mapo Tofu,” a woman takes center stage. ‘Sexual Drive’ Review: Best Served Hot and Heavy 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Potentially life-threatening ailments take center stage in Birbiglia’s new production, which opened Sunday at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater after playing various other venues around the country. ‘The Old Man & the Pool’ Review: Wading Into Mike Birbiglia’s Comfort Zone 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Dressed in a gambler's coat and mariachi pants, Dylan either sat at a grand piano center stage or sang at the microphone. Bob Dylan whips up tempest in return to 1966 London venue 2013-11-28T13:46:59Z The work closes on a superb corps tableau, a center stage monument, with Mr. Hallberg observing what may be his creation. Dance Review: Ratmansky’s Shostakovich Trilogy at American Ballet Theater 2013-06-02T22:00:25Z But what takes center stage more than the choreography is the filmmaking. Dancing on Grass and Concrete at New York City Ballet 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z And on Wednesday the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree takes center stage, with a tree lighting and music from 7 to 9 p.m. at Rockefeller Plaza, near Fifth Avenue and 50th Street; rockefellercenter.com. Spare Times for Nov. 23-29 2012-11-22T20:53:12Z Ricotta took center stage the next morning at Cyndia’s, a popular local breakfast spot in the nearby borough of Totowa, where ricotta pancakes were topped with fresh apricot jam. A foodies’ tour of Paterson, N.J., the city (sort of) founded by Alexander Hamilton 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z But having three times the personnel at center stage meant that the usually hilarious Sykes then vanished until a recorded sketch set about the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. An Onstage Slap Gives the Oscars More Drama Than It Bargained For 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Complications ensue as the assassins face off against Japanese hit men, two-faced informants and a soapy, separated-at-birth subplot that gradually takes center stage. Review: ‘Assassination,’ With Twists and Hired Guns in 1930s Seoul and Shanghai 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Tolstoy's story remains at center stage, nonetheless, performed by a striking troupe. A wild, whirling 'Anna Karenina' 2012-11-20T00:29:04Z Among the challenges of writing a naturalistic play featuring a protagonist more or less rooted to center stage is the difficulty of animating the drama. Theater Review: Shuler Hensley in ‘The Whale,’ by Samuel D. Hunter 2012-11-06T03:00:22Z And, in center stage, the enduring "The Simpsons" and TV's great game-changer, "American Idol," are taking a bow. TV game-changer Fox marks 25th year Sunday 2012-04-21T17:48:09Z But if you’re in the market for a lark, this bright, high-octane show will probably do, especially when Bleu takes center stage to tap and glide his cares away. Review | Want to get away? ‘Anything Goes’ sails into silly high seas 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Arquette's acceptance, one of the night's most poignant, spoke of family and mothers and children — so many other things besides acting that life itself began to take center stage. Golden Globes 2015: Sweet wins for audacious filmaking 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z It was center stage in “A Time to Kill,” for example, and essential to “Sycamore Row.” Review | John Grisham’s new novel wades into Mississippi’s racist past 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Rather soon took center stage in his safari jacket, demanding to see the decease-and-desist order in writing. How CBS stole the show in covering Tiananmen Square At the start, Ms. Workum walks resolutely and briskly to center stage before standing quietly with her eyes closed. Review: Katie Workum Presents ‘Black Lakes’ at Danspace Project 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z But when Issa’s journey took a detour to Coachella, where she joined Molly, Kelli, and a very pregnant Tiffany on a girls' weekend, the show’s deft physical humor took center stage. The 10 best TV episodes of 2018: A highly subjective list 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z When the movie opens in U.S. theaters on Wednesday, it will be Tonto who takes center stage. Johnny Depp puts Tonto at center stage in new 'Lone Ranger' film 2013-07-01T23:07:04Z On the drinks list, martinis take center stage. Fall Restaurant Preview: A Reboot for New York 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z But on the runway that day, the celebrations took center stage. In the shadow of Pride Month, queer people of color step out 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Fans of Scott's lilting voice will like the way it takes center stage on "When You Were Mine" and "As You Turn Away." Lady Antebellum leads fall album releases 2011-09-13T00:40:46Z In this anthology of essays and stories, lip-locking takes center stage — featuring such smoochy, no-nonsense titles as “Kiss,” “Kiss, Kiss” and “Kiss, Kiss, Kiss.” Writers Pay Lip Service to a Universal Gesture of Love 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z No matter what any of the songs sound like, Lynch stands center stage, his fingerprints over every single element of the music. David Lynch's Crazy Clown Time Is Just as Creepy As You Thought It Would Be 2011-11-08T10:00:41Z While the 800-pound gorillas of New York’s classical scene, the Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic, prepare for their season-opening galas, a pluckier, scrappier operation took center stage this week. Review: Resonant Bodies Festival Gives Voices Room to Breathe 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Fashion is telling these stories now because fresh voices have taken center stage and stepped up to the microphone to fearlessly express who they are. Robin Givhan: One Sunday night at Fashion Week redefined the stories that clothes can tell - The Washington Post 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The final performance, held outdoors on Saturday, May 22, began with the honorees taking center stage for the first of many standing ovations. Noisy jets, secret performers and rooftop dancers: Inside the making of an unprecedented Kennedy Center Honors 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z The awfulness of the uncanny dog takes center stage. Taxidermy Is a Metaphor for Our Time 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Teachers take center stage in a show at the artist’s old Berlin studio, now the headquarters of his estate, through March 18. Michel Majerus Saw the Future— 20 Years Ago 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Proof is as immediate as the bar, where up-to-date cocktails are dispensed, and an open kitchen that puts Riyad Bouizar, the chef and owner, center stage. At Mazagan, a glimpse of modern Morocco In the final film, Brooks takes center stage during this segment, hamming it up as the grand inquisitor Torquemada. 11 memorable facts about "History Of The World, Part I" 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z This steakhouse features an open charcoal grill that serves as the center stage every night for captivating culinary floor shows, complemented by the sounds of live piano music. In Transit: Exploring Seattle and Vancouver in July 2011-05-10T16:50:24Z Mr. Green often performs with a full band, placing his own bass work at center stage; he’ll pare down the ensemble show for an extended spinning set at Output, his preferred local haunt. Pop & Rock Listings for June 10-16 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z “He enjoys center stage. He certainly has it now — and he hasn’t had it for a while.” What happened to ‘America’s Mayor’? How Rudy Giuliani became Trump’s attack dog. 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Galan noted that with immigration center stage in the national political debate, "Giant" seems particularly relevant today. 'Children of Giant' explores legacy of 'Giant' in Marfa, Texas 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z The orchestra also took center stage in Gershwin instrumental medleys, the “Lullaby” for strings and — a timely way to ring out an eventful year — the “Cuban Overture.” New York Philharmonic and Dianne Reeves on New Year’s Eve 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z What more have we learned about the crime that will eventually take center stage? 'The Affair' Recap: Does Noah Sound Like a Writer? 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z The second part is turbulent and at its creepiest whenever the intense Ms. Cyr is center stage. Dance Review: Taking the Audience Up Close and Personal, and Beyond Skin Deep 2011-05-13T22:33:10Z The most likely to be center stage if there is a third "Purge" is a beret-wearing rebel named Carmelo, played by "The Wire's" wonderful Michael K. Williams. 'The Purge: Anarchy' ups the ante and the gore 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The wives of artists in movies and literature tend to be doormats or helpmeets, and their psychic anguish and creative fire rarely move from background to center stage. Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Sews Up Another Great Performance in ‘Phantom Thread’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z In the late 1980s, when Graham presented annual New Year’s Eve arena concerts by the Grateful Dead, he would take to center stage at midnight in costume. In Trippy Times, Bill Graham Took Care of Reality 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Swae Lee reminded them that they were here to party, not rumble, and the song continued, with Mike Will Made-It at center stage, sternly rapping along. Rae Sremmurd and Makonnen at CMJ Music Marathon 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z The dancers center stage are moving too, but on a smaller scale. Dance Review: Frederick Ashton Celebrated by the Sarasota Ballet 2014-05-05T21:49:58Z But if such theater is meant to serve both the audience and the tarnished star at center stage, then Smith should march himself straight into Ziwe Fumudoh's kingdom of rose-colored discomfort. Tell Will Smith: "Ziwe" will recoup your reputation in her Barbie dream house interrogation chamber 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z The novelty here is that Stew himself is not center stage, as he was in that loosely autobiographical show, which started at the Public Theater before moving to Broadway. Review: In ‘The Total Bent,’ a Father-Son Rift and a Sensational Score 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Concentric heart cutouts dominate center stage, which has been gussied up like a gauzy Valentine’s Day card. Review | Will you love ‘Moulin Rouge!’ as a stage musical? Well, you’ll certainly fall in like. 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z But on Saturday, Ms. Strong, a 31-year-old comic actor, will take center stage at the Washington Hilton as the host of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, and she was justifiably nervous. Cecily Strong’s Trial by Fire at the White House Correspondents Dinner 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Marsalis joined Mr. Simon at center stage for tender duet on “The Sounds of Silence.” ArtsBeat: Leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Steps Down 2012-04-19T06:17:36Z American veterans took center stage on Saturday morning ahead of the Army-Navy football game, which is happening on Saturday, Dec. 11, in the Meadowlands at Met Life stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Veterans making a difference are spotlighted ahead of Army-Navy football game 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z On warm nights, people gather on benches for live music in the “center stage” area, where dancing is often encouraged. 36 Hours in Hilton Head Island, S.C. 2013-07-18T14:30:39Z Then my daughter shuts me up when the film's star, Miguel, advances to center stage so she can sing "Un Poco Loco." In trying to create snapshots of time my daughter, I recall the memories my father has forgotten 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z But the picturesque film is a long, increasingly bumpy ride as new characters suddenly take center stage and the locations shift. ‘Beloved Sisters,’ Directed by Dominik Graf 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Rose Queen Queen Margaret takes center stage in Ensemble Shakespeare Theater's new adaptation of the Bard's War of the Roses plays. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 14-21: 'Past Time,' 'Pocatello' and more 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Two composers marginalized by history will take center stage at Carnegie Hall this week. Clara Schumann and Florence Price Get Their Due at Carnegie Hall 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The sharp band, sitting at center stage under the raised platform, includes six pieces: two keyboards, two horns, a bass and drums. “Five Guys Named Moe”: Vintage jump-jive goes modern boy band at Arena Willows, once secondary players, present in shadows or fringes of branches, are brought center stage. Art Review: ?Claude Monet: Late Work? at Gagosian Gallery 2010-05-06T22:49:00Z Thanks to “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the Asian and Asian American presence in Hollywood and in world cinema took center stage. This Year, a Plain Old Ordinary Oscars Was Something to Savor 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The valiant Ms. Ziegler took center stage, embodying every nuance of torment and surviving every freakout. Review: LCD Soundsystem Makes a Return and a Homecoming at Panorama 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z A dazzling gold statue, a vague mockery of Michelangelo’s “David,” slouches at center stage, decadent hand on decadent hip. Theater Review: ‘Stop Hitting Yourself,’ a Riff on Excess, at Lincoln Center 2014-01-28T03:00:01Z No major reinforcement was needed for the center stage, visible to the audience, where existing steel beams are sufficient. For New ?Ring,? Met Reinforces Its Stage With Steel 2010-06-07T18:50:00Z Unfinished when Büchner died in 1837 at 23, the fragmentary portrait of a mind in free fall is regarded as one of the first tragedies to put a working-class character center stage. Ripping Up the Rule Book in ‘An Octoroon,’ and Making a Patchwork of ‘Woyzeck’ 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z They get caught up in the attention that image provides and get used to being center stage. Are parents creating generation of narcissism? 2011-05-10T14:56:04Z He takes center stage, surrounded on three sides by a dramatically lit counter that seats 14 people for set $165 dinners at 5:30, 6, 8:30 and 9 p.m. Kono, Yakitori From an Expert, Opens in Manhattan’s Chinatown 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z In 2019, this tranquil agricultural region takes center stage in the path of totality of a full solar eclipse on July 2. 52 Places to Go in 2019 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Hornsby, who had been watching from the side stage, walked out to a piano at center stage and played the riff he wrote. Review | Bon Iver embraces its arena rock era 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z For the first time in 20 nationally televised debates, he was placed at center stage by the TV producers. Santorum missed opportunity at GOP debate 2012-02-23T12:10:00Z He sits on a stool center stage at a bar, a shelf of bottles adorned with multicolored string lights floating behind him. ‘Cost of Living’ Review: Worth Its Weight in Gold 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z As the culmination of his first week behind the anchor desk, Noah’s vision of contemporary Africa and American stereotypes took center stage in his piece on the popular late-night talk show target Donald Trump. Africa is not a country — and it’s not all misery and poverty, either: What America can learn from Trevor Noah 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z The spreading ficus still commands center stage in a room painted slate gray with accent colors drawn from nature. At 35th Street Kitchen + Bar, new bar menu complements fine bistro fare 2012-07-12T17:45:04Z Then “Live by Night” took a supporting character from those books — budding gangster Joe Coughlin — and placed him center stage as he amassed a fortune running rum from Cuba during Prohibition. Dennis Lehane’s ‘World Gone By’: The past is close behind 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Cora remains center stage, and Ms. Moriarty summarizes her favorite chameleon’s many changes in the last paragraph. Books of The Times: ‘The Chaperone’ by Laura Moriarty 2012-06-14T21:43:56Z I never harbored any secret sinister plot to liberate center stage. Johnny Marr on the Smiths, ‘The Messenger’ and Going Solo After All These Years 2013-01-28T17:20:44Z When Mr. Ryback takes center stage to untie one of the knots in the plot, Mr. Blumenkrantz works the keyboard with equal finesse. Theater Review: In the Musical ‘Murder for Two,’ One Man Is Many Suspects 2013-07-26T02:00:01Z One by one, the civilians and cops leaped out center stage, interrupting each other: Improv for Cops 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z And the gradually growing closeness between Elizabeth and Paige, which took center stage this episode, has been a nice development. ‘The Americans,’ Season 5, Episode 8: The Humanization of Elizabeth 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z As the ballet moves toward curtain fall, three women are being lifted — not center stage but on the stage’s peripheries. Dance Review: Frederick Ashton Celebrated by the Sarasota Ballet 2014-05-05T21:49:58Z "Dirty Computer" arrived after two concept albums in which Monáe's alter egos took center stage. Top 10 albums of 2018 in hip hop and R&B 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Wade was decided, providing a window into that tumultuous era, when fights for women’s rights, civil rights and an end to the Vietnam War took center stage. Fifty Years Post Roe v. Wade, the Art of ‘1973’ Frames a Turbulent Era 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z With the economy taking center stage in this presidential election year, a key deciding factor will be whether Americans think the country is on the road to financial recovery. Tribune/WGN-TV poll: Voters remain cautious about economic recovery 2012-02-10T23:46:00Z However, a growing number of designers and woodworkers are putting the natural aesthetics of bare wood center stage, to great effect. Natural wood brings a relaxed energy to a room — and furniture designers are taking note 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z But while Devi's high school love triangle hijinks take center stage, the show's second season also delves deeper into the lives of three other South Asian characters as they go on journeys of their own. "Never Have I Ever" star identifies with having to dress up in a "cringe-worthy" costume for a job 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z A world of privilege and entitlement, seen through the eyes of an articulate British junkie, takes center stage in the new television series “Patrick Melrose.” In ‘Patrick Melrose,’ the Heroin Addict Is Born With a Silver Spoon in His Mouth 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Soon enough she was center stage, laughing as she invited her fellow “old-timers” to join her for an improvisation both quirky and moving. Dance Review: Jawole Willa Jo Zollar?s ?Black Jam? at Danspace Project 2012-02-19T20:52:27Z Rupert Murdoch is not close to a deal to buy Time Warner, but his rebuffed offer took center stage during a long-scheduled Senate hearing on the video marketplace and media consolidation Wednesday. 21st Century Fox goes after Time Warner. 'Big Bang' wants big bucks. 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Ritual objects and dramatic fragments — two kids bathing, a scuffle over emigrating, a madeleine-like musing on coffee — hold center stage more than bright narrative threads. ‘Faya Dayi’ Review: A Dream State 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z “Togetherness” brings an actress typecast by nearly everyone else in Hollywood as a wholesome, compassionate type to center stage. HBO’s brilliant “Togetherness”: The Duplass brothers’ new show refuses to make marriage predictable 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z “I wanted to respond to that scale by anchoring the room with a center stage that distracts you from the explosion of color and drama of the paintings behind you,” said Huanca. Donna Huanca’s immersive ‘Magma Slit’ invites you to lose yourself at Henry Art Gallery 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z He always takes top billing and center stage, of course, but working with heroes and peers alike galvanizes his creativity, moreso than most musicians. An appreciation of Ringo Starr's dynamic and joyful musical gifts – despite the naysayers 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z He won the Country Music Association's best new artist in November, was tied with Swift as the top-nominated country artist at Sunday's Grammy Awards, where he performed, and now takes center stage in Las Vegas. Eric Church leads ACM Awards nominations with 7 2013-02-13T18:46:04Z When the curtain rises on the first ballet of the first night of the winter season, he will be center stage in a brand-new role: Apollo. A Ballet Hamlet Becomes a God (Apollo, That Is) 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z And thus, a slasher movie for the #MeToo movement is born, one where women take center stage in front of and behind the camera. With ‘Black Christmas,’ Sophia Takal Makes a #MeToo Slasher 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Ms. Yoder began her coaching business, theRSVPrev.com — which is centered on the “life-empowerment” mantra Restore, Simplify, Verify, Power — last year to help finance an acting career, only to find coaching taking center stage. Should a Life Coach Have a Life First? 2012-01-27T22:36:25Z Trump jokes have not stopped, even if they have stopped taking center stage. Is political comedy dead now? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Now she does not shrink from being center stage in her own life. Dating 6 Men at 68: The Woman Behind the Musical ‘Curvy Widow’ 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Semi-autobiographical, that production had a brief London run over 30 years ago before ceding center stage to the world of the Andrew Lloyd Webber mega-musical. Theater Review: Clifford Odets's Dentist, Anything but Painless 2011-04-05T13:30:07Z Whether or not these performances suggest Mr. Pistoletto’s resentment of his signature material, they redirect our attention to the artist as flamboyant, temperamental persona, dominating center stage. Art Review: Reflections on the Self and the Wider World 2010-12-16T23:33:38Z So he took to the piano, writing songs, directing shows, doing anything that allowed him to make theater without being center stage. The Guy Behind ‘Be More Chill’ Is Keeping It in the Family 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z At every point, Ms. Kitamura was brilliantly controlled; she began by building a long crescendo from the rotation of her torso, center stage. Dancers Strip to Essentials in ‘Basketball’ and ‘TranSenses’ 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z With a new trio of Crosby, Nash and trumpeter Marsalis taking center stage, Crosby’s “Guinevere” packed its punch by way of unvarnished beauty. Crosby, Stills, Nash and … Jazz? 2013-05-06T20:59:54Z It’s no surprise that a dance studio called Broadway Bodies, whose tag line is “Unleash your inner superstar,” puts theater music center stage. Can’t Get Broadway Tickets? Rock Out to Musicals at the Gym 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The flowers became a rising heap at center stage, and confetti slowly fell. Review: Paloma Herrera and Xiomara Reyes Give Farewell Performances of ‘Giselle’ 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z It’s nice to see the return to center stage of the Mexican drug cartel that figured prominently in Season 1 but was mostly offstage in Season 2. Television: Sustaining a Crisis Into Three Seasons on ?Breaking Bad? 2010-03-18T22:44:00Z When she takes center stage to mutely recount the myth of the Ganges falling from heaven, you know you’re in the eloquent hands of a great storyteller, even if you don’t understand the language. Review: Keeping the Dance Fires Burning at the Joyce 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z |
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