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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By that point, tickets for her Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stage play were selling steadily on Broadway, in London’s West End and five other locations around the world—grossing more than $1 billion since its premiere in 2016, of which Rowling shares in the profits. Matt Craig, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 And Kieran Culkin Don’t Make The Cut McCartney’s unassuming looks are perfect for Henry Creel, the lead role and major driver of the spooky and even horrific action of the stage play that serves as the prequel, or origin story, of the wildly popular Netflix supernatural thriller Stranger Things. Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 May 2025 The stage play came out of a desire to not be on a promotional book tour, and to keep my own interest in it. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025 This faux screener introduces the stage play, the museum show, and the faux bio-pic to the public (or some staged semblance thereof) and leads to yet another vortex of ironic instability. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 1 May 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 7 Jun. 2025.

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