stage manager
a person responsible for the technical details of a theatrical production, assisting the director during rehearsal, supervising the lighting, costuming, setting, prompting, etc., and assuming full responsibility for the stage during a performance of a play.
Origin of stage manager
1Other words from stage manager
- stage managership, noun
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How to use stage manager in a sentence
People scream, the orchestra stops playing, and the stage manager whisks the diva into the wings.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe stage manager is a rubber-clad domme and there are various S&M happenings through the night.
Inside London's Underground Burlesque and Fetish Scene | Liza Foreman | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNot to curse the stage directions and threaten to send the stage manager to a labor camp.
Now that we are in the run of the play, our stage manager has the crystal backstage to ward off the boogeyman.
Cynthia Nixon on Bisexuality & Her New Role in ‘Wit’ | Kevin Sessums | January 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSoon after he got back to England, he began working in the theater as a stage manager and an actor.
Why, Lil Pendleton and the stage manager are out there in the Pendletons sleigh.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonAs she entered the vestibule the stage-manager came to meet her, and told her that her part had been given to another singer.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiIrving's reputation as a stage manager is such that when his "Macbeth" comes to America everyone will want to see it.
So, like some famous stage manager, Fate was getting ready to assemble the cast for the final scenes in our little drama.
Gypsy Flight | Roy J. SnellBut when once your stage-manager is chosen, all the actors must make up their minds to obey him implicitly.
The Peace Egg and Other tales | Juliana Horatia Ewing
British Dictionary definitions for stage manager
a person who supervises the stage arrangements of a theatrical production
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