Sentence examples for performer above from inspiring English sources

This is largely because many contemporary American performers play to their audience's desire to be bludgeoned by obvious emotion, no matter how serious the text; it's rare that a performer above or below Fourteenth Street doesn't infuse a part with Nathan Lane-like show-offy sparkle and distress.

That's in a way as it should be, notwithstanding the democratic ideals of the RSC, which never puts a performer above the title, whether he be John Lithgow, on loan from America last year in Twelfth Night, or David Tennant and Patrick Stewart, who open Hamlet in August in Stratford.

The impression is inescapable that being Michael Blakemore is not much fun - until, that is, he is inspired by a great work of art (Proust, for example, richly and percipiently described), a great director (Tyrone Guthrie) or especially a great performer: above all, Olivier.

Maybe he should have been a lawyer instead: The performer Victor Willis, above, better known as the original police officer in the campy group the Village People, has filed suit against a resuscitated version, saying it is using his likeness and voice in its performances, The Associated Press reported.

The acting was exceptional by a couple of the performers and above average as an ensemble cast.

Besides the performers above, awards will also be presented to producers Quincy Jones and Lou Adler.

Hardgoing for the performers (above all, the brass) the piece found the RLPO at their precise, committed best and Petrenko at his most intense.

Regarding the lyrics of In the Name of Jesus, Hamlin writes that "chanting praises leaves the Basehead mastermind without his characteristic wit, and he lacks the energetic exhortations that often lift gospel performers above sameness in material".

In the event that a wire or harness malfunctions, leaving a performer swinging above the audience, a fail-safe device automatically lowers them down over an aisle.

"We live in a world where kids can't really relate to the circus," says Feld. "But if they get to walk on a wire in the pre-show, and then see a performer way above the ground, they see how hard it really is".

There comes a time when musicians heed a certain call and come together as one, and that time arrived on Monday night as more than 70 performers joined up, above, to record a new version of "We Are the World" to benefit Haitian earthquake relief organizations, Reuters reported.