stage business

noun

Examples of stage business in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Although it was known for serving larger tech companies like the e-commerce platform Shopify and the software firm CrowdStrike, SVB carved out a niche among small and early-stage businesses. Brian Cheung, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2023 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 Or, some sly stage business involving moving library shelves, which provides humor, artful havoc and, briefly, a visual correlative to instrumentals. Celia Wren, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 One is not enough, and though Likes, making his Broadway debut at 20, is appealing in the role and delivers when given the chance, there’s a hole at the center of the story that no amount of stage business can disguise. Jesse Green, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022 There are signs that MAC Boys is a new endeavor, in the play’s pacing, projection issues and some of the over-fussy stage business. Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022 Corkran's ex-husband, an entrepreneur, constantly had people coming to him and asking him to invest in their early-stage business and give them advice. Geri Stengel, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022

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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 29 Mar. 2024.

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