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stage-struck

British

adjective

infatuated with the glamour of theatrical life, esp with the desire to act

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"I'm not stage-struck now. Nobody's more surprised than I am that I have, in fact, spent my life doing this."

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

But Broadway is still the dream of stage-struck thespians.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2022

Musical theater is the milieu of “Better Nate Than Ever,” Tim Federle’s winning tale of a stage-struck young teen.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2019

The book’s 16 essays follow Mr. Harris from his days as a stage-struck kid in Sand Springs, Okla., who longed to play Helen Keller in an amateur production of “The Miracle Worker.”

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2014

Judd sat on their shoulders, blinking from the light of the fire and stage-struck at the sea of flickering, ghostly faces in front of him.

From Over the Line by Sherman, Harold Morrow

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