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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Penned by Black Doves writer Joe Barton, Amadeus is a reimagining of Peter Shaffer’s award-winning stage play, and will expand and interrogate the mythic rivalry of the two composers.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Highlights include new works by multigenerational painters including Greg Breda, Ali Eyal, Hanna Hur, Beaux Mendes and Patrick Martinez, and a stage play by Leilah Weinraub in collaboration with New Theater Hollywood.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
It was also adapted into a popular stage play, with the same actor, Joseph Jefferson, in the title role for an astonishing four-decade run.
—John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Puig's book was adapted into a stage play in 1983.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Highlights include new works by multigenerational painters including Greg Breda, Ali Eyal, Hanna Hur, Beaux Mendes and Patrick Martinez, and a stage play by Leilah Weinraub in collaboration with New Theater Hollywood.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
It was also adapted into a popular stage play, with the same actor, Joseph Jefferson, in the title role for an astonishing four-decade run.
—John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Puig's book was adapted into a stage play in 1983.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Stage play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20play. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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