stage business

Example Sentences

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The excessive stage business in “Our Class” often distracts from the story.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

Another part of his success was his ability to negotiate intricate stage business in an opera in which the action can become so complicated that almost nobody can follow it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023

Other actors came up with bits of stage business in another scene, detailing the moments before the evening SNN newscast went live.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022

But what does that bit of symbolically freighted stage business feel like if you’re Elton John?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2019

Not stage business, certainly, for that is not my branch.

From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by Fenn, George Manville