stage business

Some stage business, including a crucial moment of violence between Juicy and Larry, was sloppily executed.

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

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.

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

Or, some sly stage business involving moving library shelves, which provides humor, artful havoc and, briefly, a visual correlative to instrumentals.