stage business

noun

Examples of stage business in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Some stage business, including a crucial moment of violence between Juicy and Larry, was sloppily executed. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024 The opening number sets up this tangle, and is a dizzying beast to stage, whether in a small-town community theater or on Broadway: about fifteen minutes long, a dozen singers, all crossing among one another in a market square’s worth of stage business. Vulture, 10 July 2022 Christina Goerke, as Ortrud, powered through some silly stage business with characteristic feistiness. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023 Another part of his success was his ability to negotiate intricate stage business in an opera in which the action can become so complicated that almost nobody can follow it. Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for stage business 

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Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stage business was in 1825

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“Stage business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20business. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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