stage manager

noun

Definition of stage managernext
as in stage director

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Recent Examples of stage manager Leslie’s targets had included the Today and NBC logos, fake fruit on set, and stage manager Dave Auerbach. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 Robert Downing, a stage manager on original Williams productions and keeper of backstage memory, makes this problem almost comic in its excess. — Literary Hub, 26 June 2026 What’s particularly cool is that the casting agency Alldaffer & Donadio, production stage manager Nicole Wiegert and assistant stage manager Julius Cruz all have extensive experience at both TheaterWorks Hartford and Hartford Stage. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026 The union represents nearly 20,000 helmers, assistant directors, associate directors, unit production managers and stage managers. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for stage manager
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage manager
  1. stage director
  2. producer
  3. impresario
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  • New movie about Bay Area legend Writer, filmmaker and stage director Luis Valdez, who spent much of his life in the South Bay, is the subject of an award-winning movie that’s screening in local theaters.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
  • Starring Stephen Fung, Chrissie Chau, Myolie Wu, and Angela Yuen, the film follows a celebrated stage director whose grip on the boundary between theater and reality begins to dissolve during the casting of a new production.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 June 2026
Definition of stage director
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  • Yeoh had long been talking to Basil Iwanyk, the producer behind the John Wick franchise, about working together.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Imagina was previously the parent company of Mediapro, following the latter’s 2006 merger with producer Globomedia.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of producer
Noun
  • The World Trade Center operators turned to restaurant impresario Joe Baum to create a dining experience that would draw people to the Manhattan neighborhood largely known for its blocks of stores that sold radios and electronic parts.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • For 23 years, Tom Gabbard has served as the impresario of Charlotte’s cultural life.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2026
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