stage manager

noun

Definition of stage managernext
as in stage director

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Recent Examples of stage manager Keeping the show on track and coordinating the actors, crew, light cues, sound cues and other elements is stage manager Pax Haertjens, a 16-year-old junior. — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 The theater actors and stage managers union, Actors' Equity Association, forbids its members from performing in non-Equity productions. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026 As stage manager, Yen serves as the leader of our production team, overseeing backstage operations, coordinating technical elements, and ensuring that each production runs smoothly. — Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026 According to stage manager reports from 1971, John Belushi was continually docked pay for being late to his performance call time. — Kelly Leonard, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stage manager
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  1. stage director
  2. producer
  3. impresario
Noun
  • 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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  • Clark Frankel has been a video producer at Big Think since 2021, and before that spent eight years on the video team at TED.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 31 July 2026
  • This long-standing market allows the community access to local food producers and artisans.
    — Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of producer
Noun
  • After nightlife impresario Eric Goode opened celebrity-meets-art-world hot spot Area, one of his many major New York City hotels and restaurants, Andy Warhol had one question for 1983’s man of the moment.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
  • Dolly will be directed by the legendary theater impresario Bartlett Sher, who has been nominated nine times at the Tony Awards for Best Direction, winning in 2008 for helming the Broadway revival of South Pacific.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
Definition of impresario

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