stage business
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stage business
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Schumacher “helped build our stage business from the ground up,” Bergman said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
But what does that bit of symbolically freighted stage business feel like if you’re Elton John?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2019
The Keegan performances are more competent than lustrous, but the characterizations are clear and droll, and the stage business clicks seamlessly into place on Matthew J. Keenan’s set, depicting adjoining motel rooms.
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2018
Dinner sees a traffic jam of rolling carts parked tableside for various bits of stage business, some of which are pointless.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2017
Same stage business, same talk, same jokes, and even funnier yedt.
From Show Business by Boyd, William C. (William Clouser)
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