stage director

American  

noun

1. a person who directs a theatrical production.

2. (formerly) a stage manager.

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Etymology

Origin of stage director

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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stage director

The script has been adapted by the original screenwriter Jared Bush, with the music from Lin-Manuel Miranda remaining too while Hamilton stage director Thomas Kail makes his film debut.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Awosanmi also served as the stage director for "Medaaye", an African adaptation of the Greek tragedy "Medea" by Euripides.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

Yulin was also a stage director who oversaw productions of several plays, including “The Glass Menagerie,” “The Trip to Bountiful,” “This Lime Tree Bower,” “Men’s Lives” and “The Man Who Came to Dinner.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025

Now a stage director as well as a singer, he has largely given up the lyric tenor roles that catapulted him to the top of the opera world two decades ago.

From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2023

He wore a frown behind his cigar, as though the stunning lighting effects had been “created” by a stage director whose taste he considered more or less suspect.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger