leading character

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“So many times throughout this process, I’ve definitely had moments where I’m like, ‘Am I out of my mind by having this person to be our leading character?’

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

Tina Huang, who plays the leading character Kat Chan, pointed out how a majority of the people on and off stage for the production identify as Asian American or Pacific Islander.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022

“It was a very sweet leading character to play, because the character doesn’t know what’s going on and I didn’t either.”

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

Its leading character is a certain genial and eccentric Lord Peter Wimsey, younger brother of the Duke of Denver, who has taken up amateur detecting as a pastime.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

Until it was time for his entrance, the leading character would not even know that he was taking part.

From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford