When the author walks onto the stage, the play is over
I think it would be fun to die onstage! Just drop dead in the middle of my show? That wouldn't be so bad.
The hardest part of the show is saying goodbye when it's all done. It really breaks you.
Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
Friends applaud, the comedy is over.
The encore is the short piece after the program has finished, where the performer brings out something that the audience doesn't expect.
I took off the makeup and stashed the crown, and now I was just another young woman out in the world. It's almost dizzying how fast the fame goes away - like a stage that turns dark at the end of a performance.
I'm planning to retire from salsa. I'm planning to do a farewell tour.
