Sentence examples for hold audience from inspiring English sources

Though composers from Gluck to Fauré and Delius had theatrical failures with works that were too beautiful for their own good, Catán's sense of musical architecture enabled his relatively non-dissonant works to hold audience interest.

Off-color jokes and sitcom timing catch and hold audience members' attention during this uneven Primary Stages production, but, under the direction of Mark Lamos, Cummings, a smart young actress, never quite commits to playing an uneducated and desperate homeless woman.

Live streams ability to hold audience attention is varied — Sanford says Cali Roots streams netted average view times of 22 seconds on Facebook, but 19 minutes on the LiveList platform.

Plays with repetitive sequences have also been shortened to hold audience interest.

Why did it succeed then, and why does it still hold audiences?

Though its story is unlikely to generate a hit play or hold audiences, it has, he said, helped generate a few thoughts here and there.

Claude Rich, as the aristocratic statesman of checkered repute, and Claude Brasseur, as the opportunistic revolutionary, hold audiences rapt with their struggle for power.

The rebellions kickstarted the annual general meeting season during which most FTSE 100 companies will hold audiences with their shareholders, big and small.

The days when great parliamentary orators would hold audiences rapt for hours are long gone, replaced by the incoherent impulse of the digital age, writes Simon Schama.

Studio 1 will hold audiences of up to 100, as well as having a rehearsal space.

The four largest drama theatres in Kaifeng could hold audiences of several thousand each.