ego ramp

n. a proscenium, catwalk, runway, or stage spur which extends into or over an audience. Subjects: English, Entertainment

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Citations: 1992 Jon Bream Star-Tribune (Minneapolis, Minn.) (Aug. 4) “Guns N’ Roses and Metallica bring different worldviews to their monstrous summer tour” p. 1E: We’ve got an oval thrust stage, and there’s people {fans} inside it in a type of pit. Then when Guns goes on, they cover it up and he {Rose} has got his ego ramp to go out on. So it worked out pretty good. 1995 Charleston Gazette (W. Virginia) (Feb. 22) “Boyz II Men Lays Claim To Spotlight” p. P3D: Even the gimmicks—a for-real rain shower in “Water Runs Dry” and a hanging “ego ramp” that allowed for a romp deep into the crowd on “Motownphilly"—were tastefully applied. 2001 [u2wildhoney@aol.com (U2 WildHoney)] Usenet: alt.music.u2 (Jan. 14) “Re: golden cirlce seats…how good are they?”: If you want to be anywhere near the very front of the stage, the “ego ramp” or “catwalk” (whatever you want to call em) you would want the General Admission Floor. 2004 Clay Robison Houston Chronicle (Texas) (Sept. 1) “President to deliver address on special stage”: A 10-hour construction project had begun to erect a new, island-like stage from which President Bush will deliver his acceptance speech tonight surrounded by delegates. It will be the first such use of an island or arena stage—also known as an ego ramp—at a national political convention.

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