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- adverb In the middle of a
performance
Etymologies
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Examples
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The show stopped five times, mostly to fix technical problems, and Act I ended prematurely, with Spider-Man stuck dangling 10 feet above audience members, while Act II was marred by a nasty catcall during one of the midperformance pauses.
'Spider-Man' Musical's Inaugural Flight Is a Little Rocky The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The show stopped five times, mostly to fix technical problems, and Act I ended prematurely, with Spider-Man stuck dangling 10 feet above audience members, while Act II was marred by a nasty catcall during one of the midperformance pauses.
'Spider-Man' Musical's Inaugural Flight Is a Little Rocky The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The show stopped five times, mostly to fix technical problems, and Act I ended prematurely, with Spider-Man stuck dangling 10 feet above audience members, while Act II was marred by a nasty catcall during one of the midperformance pauses.
‘Spider-Man’ Musical Previews, Off To A Rough Start nytimes.com 2010
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His three dates as Siegmund in Los Angeles mark a resumption of the role for the first time in the U.S. since he had to leave the Met stage in midperformance in May 2009.
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Billy Farrell/BFA David Aaron Carpenter with Salom é Chamber Orchestra Although he was late and stealthily snuck into one of the back rows midperformance, actor David Schwimmer wasn't about to miss the Milk Salon's holiday concert featuring the Salom é Chamber Orchestra with violinist David Aaron Carpenter on Friday evening.
Schwimmer's Night With the Orchestra Priya Rao 2010
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The show stopped five times, mostly to fix technical problems, and Act I ended prematurely, with Spider-Man stuck dangling 10 feet above audience members, while Act II was marred by a nasty catcall during one of the midperformance pauses.
'Spider-Man' Musical's Inaugural Flight Is a Little Rocky The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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It has no prelude or warm-up: it starts midperformance, as if switched on by the dark, as if it has been singing like this beneath the earth until it was dark enough to come to the surface.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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So risk the input jack dying in midperformance or find another solution.
UPS / customer disservice / deathjazz badger 2005
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They are always primed for engagement: witness the anticipatory "Revelations" cheers as the lights dim or the ecstatic midperformance shout-outs.
NYT > Home Page By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO 2011
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It's not unusual for a DJ to walk into a club planning to play one sort of thing only to have some bigwig order him, midperformance, to play something else.
Chicago Reader 2010
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