stage play
noun
: a play that is written to be performed on a stage
She's currently adapting a stage play for the big screen.
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Palminteri will also tour the stage play throughout 2025.
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Abigail Lee, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
In a nod to the original stage play's imagery, an edit obscured Erivo's eyes under the brim of her witch hat to mirror the Broadway art.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Directed by Yang Lina, the drama stars Jackson Yee as a young man with cerebral palsy preparing for college exams while assisting his grandmother (Diana Lin) with a stage play.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
Born Yesterday, as conceived in the production of S. Sylvan Simon, is simply a stage play.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2024
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Abigail Lee, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
In a nod to the original stage play's imagery, an edit obscured Erivo's eyes under the brim of her witch hat to mirror the Broadway art.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Directed by Yang Lina, the drama stars Jackson Yee as a young man with cerebral palsy preparing for college exams while assisting his grandmother (Diana Lin) with a stage play.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
Born Yesterday, as conceived in the production of S. Sylvan Simon, is simply a stage play.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Stage play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20play. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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