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

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

All of it matters: singing, concept, sets, costumes, lighting, stage direction and stage business.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2017

There was sometimes music between the acts, but there were no long waits, and little stage business.

From The Facts About Shakespeare by Nielson, William Allan