trod the boards
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McMenamy caused gasps and screams across the Valentino venue when she tumbled twice in a row, falling to her knees, as she trod the boards.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2023
He discusses greats Spencer Tracy, Peter O’Toole, Richard Burton and several theater actors he trod the boards with and also describes “Her” star Scarlett Johansson as “divine, funny, smart, wonderful” and “delightful.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2021
The actors’ son trod the boards of a different stage, one that stretched from London to Constantinople.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2018
A bright-eyed Shakespeare, fresh from Stratford, first trod the boards at this theatre.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2016
Before he found his real vocation, before the motion pictures claimed him as their great comedian, he trod the boards of the "legitimate" stage, and with no small success.
From The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces by Kilmer, Joyce
