house lights
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By which point I was ready to bring up the house lights myself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
The house lights turned on as 2,800 people rose to their feet for endless applause.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025
But under the house lights each week on live TV, Johnson knows storylines are sold on his Hollywood heel persona.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024
The production opens with the house lights up and the actors introducing themselves and the survivor each is portraying.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2023
As the house lights dimmed in the Apollo Theatre, the flickering images of black-and-white photographs and film clips on the screen chronicled my father’s life.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
