road company
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of road company
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Her first gig was joining the road company for West Side Story in Los Angeles.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
Randolph was born Joyce Sirola in Detroit in 1924, and was around 19 when she joined a road company of “Stage Door.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
“The first day I went on the set, I thought I’d walked into the road company production of ‘How to Succeed,’ ” he told Rolling Stone in 2014.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022
After his discharge he joined the road company of the musical revue “Call Me Mister” as the comic lead, and within a year he was in the Broadway production.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2020
This was the real Broadway show except that it was the road company.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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