But in its new incarnation this musical reveals itself to be a show that was always meant (and probably lusting) for a brighter limelight and a bigger stage.
He then came through the show garden ranks, designing gardens at the Tatton Park and Hampton Court flower shows before stepping into the far brighter limelight of Chelsea.
This is what occurred last Friday night, at Bargemusic, where a young pianist, Steven Beck, displayed musical gifts — physical and mental, emotional and intellectual — that, in a just world, would propel him into the brightest limelight.
The professional photo shops west of Fifth Avenue, meanwhile, seem to be in retreat, and the bright glow outside the Limelight, the erstwhile nightclub in the former Church of the Holy Communion, has dimmed for good.
As a result, the stakes are higher, the limelight is brighter and the sting of a Cancer Letter investigation is sharper.
The limelight is a very bright gas lamp, invented in 1825 and widely used for theatrical lighting until about 1900.
It is almost a quarter of a century since one of the biggest bands on the planet exploded on to the music scene, their drum-solo-laden, headache-inducing squawk metal thrusting them into a limelight that ultimately burned too bright.
Lately, the Philippines has -- for a number of good reasons -- enjoyed the limelight, emerging as an increasingly impressive economic bright spot in Asia.
The tech world has seen some of its brightest female stars step back a bit from the limelight.
The bottom line is that while this controversy will quickly fade from the limelight, the lifestyle of hula will continue on, bright as ever, beneath the lights of the Edith Kanaka'ole Stadium.
"Behind the Limelight" isn't based on a film, but it tells the story of one of cinema's brightest stars, Charlie Chaplin (July 21-24).
