stage manager
noun
: one who supervises the physical aspects of a stage production, assists the director during rehearsals, and is in charge of the stage during a performance
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Hall also directs the musical, choreographs and stars in it (as club stage manager Sean, Stanley Tucci's character in the film).
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 21 July 2025
Step forward deputy stage manager Jo Dunne calling the literally hundreds — possibly thousands — of cues demanded by Jon Clark’s incandescent, show-defining lighting.
—David Benedict, Variety, 1 July 2025
And then, there’s a lot of other people behind the scenes, like stage managers and lights and set designers and costume people.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2025
And that's where the stage manager sits on his computer, or on the script.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 21 July 2025
Step forward deputy stage manager Jo Dunne calling the literally hundreds — possibly thousands — of cues demanded by Jon Clark’s incandescent, show-defining lighting.
—David Benedict, Variety, 1 July 2025
And then, there’s a lot of other people behind the scenes, like stage managers and lights and set designers and costume people.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2025
And that's where the stage manager sits on his computer, or on the script.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
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“Stage manager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20manager. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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