staginess
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The two actors—and Mr. Rash’s script—make them human, and genuine, and kept this viewer close to entranced despite the staginess of the production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
But the staginess of the writing makes it difficult for any of the actors to transcend the shtick that’s been assigned to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
This doesn’t confuse anything: being continually reminded of the artifice of performance helps us forgive the play’s occasional staginess.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 28, 2019
A similar staginess undercuts Mr. MacKay’s grip on the initially grim-faced Mick; the actor has been allowed to turn several of the character’s longer speeches into breakneck verbal marathons calculated to earn applause.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2016
He looks like a rock star, but he has none of a rock star’s swagger and braggadocio and staginess.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
