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Recent Examples of stage manager
The stage manager is responsible for the smooth and efficient running of the production, from rehearsals to performances.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2025
Because her character always had a drink in hand, Smart casually wandered over to the kitchen, where the stage manager was sitting nearby.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
So the stage manager went around and put up signs saying FREE SHOW, and the place filled up.
—Mark Seliger, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
In the midst of that, the actors are running through, getting chased by wardrobe, people with hair and makeup who put finishing touches and finishing the glue on a wig as the stage manager is doing a countdown.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2025
Because her character always had a drink in hand, Smart casually wandered over to the kitchen, where the stage manager was sitting nearby.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
So the stage manager went around and put up signs saying FREE SHOW, and the place filled up.
—Mark Seliger, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
In the midst of that, the actors are running through, getting chased by wardrobe, people with hair and makeup who put finishing touches and finishing the glue on a wig as the stage manager is doing a countdown.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stage manager
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No matter how daffy some of it is, the production has the important factor of clarity; a quality that the great stage director Peter Hall used to say is a vital component of any revival of a classic.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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That would be lyricist Fred Ebb, playwright Terrence McNally and original star Chita Rivera, key figures behind the 1993 Broadway musical, alongside composer John Kander and stage director Harold Prince.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Fashion Meets Entertainment As independent films compete for financing in a rapidly evolving landscape, fashion brands have stepped into the breach by becoming producers, cementing their cultural aura and solidifying their relationships with key talents, from actors to directors.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025
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Kris Jenner, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson and Nissa Diederich also serve as executive producers.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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Known by various names through the years -- Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy and Love -- Combs became a rap impresario in the 1990s, launching the careers of Mary J. Blige, Usher and the Notorious B.I.G. and lending his hip-hop credentials to the songs of Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
5 May 2025
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The movie perks up when Michael Keaton and Eva Green arrive as a ruthless impresario and his sensitive acrobat girlfriend, and Burton envisions his obvious Disneyland analog as a capitalist hellscape.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Stage manager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage%20manager. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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