Sentence examples for dramatic lead from inspiring English sources

And one potentially breaking new ground for Depp: mainstream viability as a solo dramatic lead.

West, however, was listening to the bidding and selected a dramatic lead: the diamond queen.

It was so good to see him as the dramatic lead in this play.

When they don't evoke vintage Von Bondies, they suggest the Killers or, in the case of a dramatic lead single, "Pale Bride," the British band Bloc Party.

It could be because, award-winning dramatic lead and character acting juggernaut though he is, Penn has zero track record as an action star.

Steady and versatile film work followed, from The Catered Affair (1956), in which Borgnine played another dramatic lead (opposite Bette Davis), to the adventure movie The Vikings (1958), in which he was cast as the bloodthirsty chieftain Ragnar.

Choosing a dark, almost funereal color by the British paint company Farrow & Ball called Down Pipe, they transformed the lifeless walls and the floors into a dramatic, lead-gray backdrop.

The Credo, even more dramatic, leads from a dedicated male-voice setting of Crucifixus into a striking Et Resurrexit in a minor key.

She has a large, expressive face and wide-set eyes, and can play pretty much anyone, from dramatic leads to comic characters.

Bob's flair for the dramatic led him to the stage, where he was the star of many plays for the Brooklyn College Players and the Monticello Playhouse at Kiamesha Lake, New York in 1955.

The trend of tooling up seasoned dramatic leads as action stars looks set to continue regardless, with the release of Sean Penn's The Gunman coming this Friday on both sides of the Atlantic.