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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The film's most iconic song — which originated in the 1973 stage play The Rocky Horror Show, also starring Curry, Campbell, and Quinn — didn't have any set choreography on stage, the cast reflects.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Their chances of making the knockout stage play-offs got boosted to 62 per cent from 35, but life does not get much easier with Monaco, Atletico Madrid and Manchester City to come.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
John Malkovich will be donning the white rose of the young-adult dystopian saga's primary villain, President Coriolanus Snow, in the upcoming London stage play based on Suzanne Collins' beloved The Hunger Games book and Lionsgate’s blockbuster film adaptation.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The two women first met in the early two-thousands, when Smart read for a part in a stage play based on Burnett’s life.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Their chances of making the knockout stage play-offs got boosted to 62 per cent from 35, but life does not get much easier with Monaco, Atletico Madrid and Manchester City to come.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
John Malkovich will be donning the white rose of the young-adult dystopian saga's primary villain, President Coriolanus Snow, in the upcoming London stage play based on Suzanne Collins' beloved The Hunger Games book and Lionsgate’s blockbuster film adaptation.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The two women first met in the early two-thousands, when Smart read for a part in a stage play based on Burnett’s life.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stage play
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“Stage play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20play. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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