stage business

American  

noun

1. business.

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Etymology

Origin of stage business

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

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stage business

Another part of his success was his ability to negotiate intricate stage business in an opera in which the action can become so complicated that almost nobody can follow it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

Or, some sly stage business involving moving library shelves, which provides humor, artful havoc and, briefly, a visual correlative to instrumentals.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022

But what does that bit of symbolically freighted stage business feel like if you’re Elton John?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2019

Outside of the big numbers, all carried off robustly, it is not, perhaps, as suave as it might be; the pacing is sometimes erratic, the stage business stereotypical.

From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2018

One cannot make pauses when one thinks it effective, nor alter the stage business to fit one's mood, nor work oneself up to an emotional crescendo one night and not do it the next.

From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg