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Highlight in the theatrical world (4)

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I believe the answer is:

star

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'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.

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(Other definitions for star that I've seen before include "Play a leading role" , "Shiner" , "chamber" , "''Twinkle, twinkle, little ...'' (children's song)" , "virtuoso" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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