Highlight in the theatrical world (4)
I believe the answer is:
star
'highlight' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'the theatrical world' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'sar' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for star that I've seen before include "Play a leading role" , "Shiner" , "chamber" , "''Twinkle, twinkle, little ...'' (children's song)" , "virtuoso" .)