stage business

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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

Some of the stage business lacks crispness, as with certain scenes featuring Colin Connor and Chilcote as rival butterfly hunters.

From Washington Post • May 2, 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

Outside of the big numbers, all carried off robustly, it is not, perhaps, as suave as it might be; the pacing is sometimes erratic, the stage business stereotypical.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2018

She had long, beautiful speeches, interesting and unusual stage business; she wore a striking maid’s costume, designed by Isabelle.

From The Cricket by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)