From deafening antique mainframe line printers to whisper quiet inkjets, all have been at the spotlight of a concert performance (or at least a basement computer room).
Meanwhile, flamboyant composer-trumpeter Wynton Marsalis took the spotlight with performances of two of his unfinished symphonies.
The Ibanez heroics on Wednesday and McLouth's one-man show tonight have taken some of the spotlight off the performance of Adam Jones.
"After the excitement, the drama, and the level of performance and the spotlight on the game on Saturday it was good just to make sure we got the three points.
Both movies are virtually undirected; they're spotlights for a succession of moments of performance.
Tribeca Performing Arts 'Spotlight Series' (Friday) The Tribeca Performing Arts Center will feature KJ Denhert, a singer-songwriter known for her blend of urban folk and jazz as part of its "Spotlight Series," with features artists in various realms of performance.
Concerts will be presented to show off the hall's various capabilities during the week that follows, and the pianist Vladimir Feltsman will end the festivities with Bach's "Goldberg Variations". Lawrence Foster, in his second season as music director, puts Bernstein and Brahms in the spotlight with performances of Bernstein's "Mass" and Brahms's four symphonies.
"The conglomerate movement has put a spotlight on the performance of management, to the great benefit of the millions of Americans who own stock," he wrote.
She has been approached about returning to Broadway before, including for a revival of the musical "Mame," but she said she had been afraid of the rigors of the spotlight — eight performances a week, as a character, required real technique, stamina and confidence in the face of audience assumptions about her abilities.
The department said it wanted to shine a spotlight on the performance of state exchanges, which were built with the help of federal money, and it emphasized the importance of "transparency in the performance of marketplaces".
