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.
Examples of stage play in a Sentence
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Ultimately, via a stage play, the Park Keeper is eventually taught the error of his ways, and Moomintroll forgives him, suggesting the cop become the valley’s administrator of the arts.
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Laurence Russell, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the movie is also turning into a musical, with the role of Miranda being played by Vanessa Williams, according to a statement posted Monday on the stage play’s official website.
—Marianne Garvey, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
The magic of Hurrell’s pictures, Shumard notes, is in the relationship between the sitter and the camera, something the photographer can set in motion but never fully control, like a stage play when the curtains go up: Anything can happen.
—Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
The streaming giant is a producer on the stage play Patriots, alongside Friedman.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
Those games were followed with group stage play, which ran from Feb. 20-28.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
But the indecent assault charge has appeared to hurt his career: The Culture Ministry stopped airing an ad with him in it, his scenes have been removed from an upcoming movie, and he was dropped from the cast of a stage play last year.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
In fact, it was based on a stage play, which was itself an adaptation of the novel.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
But not every author is going to thrive in a writers room or be good at turning his or her book into a film or stage play.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
Laurence Russell, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, the movie is also turning into a musical, with the role of Miranda being played by Vanessa Williams, according to a statement posted Monday on the stage play’s official website.
—Marianne Garvey, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
The magic of Hurrell’s pictures, Shumard notes, is in the relationship between the sitter and the camera, something the photographer can set in motion but never fully control, like a stage play when the curtains go up: Anything can happen.
—Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
The streaming giant is a producer on the stage play Patriots, alongside Friedman.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
Those games were followed with group stage play, which ran from Feb. 20-28.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
But the indecent assault charge has appeared to hurt his career: The Culture Ministry stopped airing an ad with him in it, his scenes have been removed from an upcoming movie, and he was dropped from the cast of a stage play last year.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
In fact, it was based on a stage play, which was itself an adaptation of the novel.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
But not every author is going to thrive in a writers room or be good at turning his or her book into a film or stage play.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Stage play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20play. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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