stagecraft
noun
stage·craft
ˈstāj-ˌkraft 
: the effective management of theatrical devices or techniques
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Its stagecraft is wonderful, too, including the 10-foot-tall Bumble.
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Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
But a writer holed up in a room for hours on end, furiously chewing through pack after pack of gum while churning out page after page — pausing to rearrange sections, fussing over adjectives — does not compelling stagecraft make.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
But the stagecraft and the perfect score appeared secondary.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
This sequence, the show’s comic high point, represents at once a deft piece of stagecraft that, in the cacophony of angry comments projected behind the heads of Don and company, becomes a clever comic dissection of the public square in the age of Zoom.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
But a writer holed up in a room for hours on end, furiously chewing through pack after pack of gum while churning out page after page — pausing to rearrange sections, fussing over adjectives — does not compelling stagecraft make.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
But the stagecraft and the perfect score appeared secondary.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
This sequence, the show’s comic high point, represents at once a deft piece of stagecraft that, in the cacophony of angry comments projected behind the heads of Don and company, becomes a clever comic dissection of the public square in the age of Zoom.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Stagecraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stagecraft. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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