thrust stage
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The thrust stage, representing Amahl’s humble house, is a simple wooden platform, open to a radiantly starry sky; a lively shepherds’ chorus swirls around it, and the Kings enter down the aisles through the audience.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
But other moments feel hurt by poor pacing and some awkward staging whenever the full cast is squeezed onto Taproot’s thrust stage.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2022
Pask adapted his ideas to fit the peculiar space - a subterranean Broadway theater that uses a thrust stage.
From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2022
That maneuver is exponentially amplified at the Taper, where over 700 stadium-style seats surround the thrust stage like a semicircle.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2022
We hear him before we see him come across the screen: Aaron howls and barks then gallops, on all fours, onto a white, wooden thrust stage, ringed on three sides by the audience.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021
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