It was on the stage in front of thirty-five thousand people in Simcoe, Ontario, of all places.
The quartet stood toward the back of the stage, ceding the front and center to its guests.
During the national anthem, the sound of gunfire was heard in the background; as the dancers stumbled slowly from the back of the stage to the front, the explosions grew until Ms. Iisaku, her arms spread out and her feet teetering forward on demi-point, stood at the front of the stage with ever-widening eyes.
The auditorium is packed — people are standing at the back, in front of the stage, and in the aisles.
You came back!" shrieked Garth Brooks, fists striking the air, laughing on stage in front of an audience of nearly 20,000 on Thursday night in Chicago.
"We're really going to bring back our cities," Mr. Rowland said as he stood under the stage lighting in front of a packed house on Thursday.
A long stretch of river gleams from back to front of the stage, and in a wonderful moment converts itself into a long railway track.
When the chorus begins, Lisa and Jessica are standing on a stage in front of their band performing for rows of still students who stare back blankly.
But, on that night back in 2000, after finishing a scene, I found myself sitting on stage in front of about 50 actors and my teacher, Jeffrey Tambor.
