revolving stage

American  

noun

Theater.

1. a circular platform divided into segments enabling multiple theater sets to be put in place in advance and in turn rotated into view of the audience.

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Etymology

Origin of revolving stage

First recorded in 1910–15

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revolving stage

Kabuki, which features live music and dance on a revolving stage, originated in the 17th Century Edo era and is traditionally performed only by men.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

At one point, a screw fell out and a door broke away, jamming the revolving stage just minutes before curtain.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

Built by Carroll in 1938, it housed a 1,000-seat showroom where productions featured 60 showgirls performing on a double revolving stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

The compact, revolving stage, though, has to accommodate Savage’s rendering of the shop, with its handsome counters and shelves stocked with pastel-hued bottles.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2022

In a sense, then, King's Mountain was the pivot of the war's revolving stage, which swung the British from their succession of victories towards the surrender at Yorktown.

From Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground by Constance Lindsay Skinner