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stage manager

noun

a person responsible for the technical details of a theatrical production, assisting the director during rehearsal, supervising the lighting, costuming, setting, prompting, etc., and assuming full responsibility for the stage during a performance of a play.

stage manager

noun

a person who supervises the stage arrangements of a theatrical production

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Other Word Forms

stage managership noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stage manager¹

First recorded in 1810–20

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There is an electric moment between the time a stage manager calls “places” and the curtain rises, Torres says.

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"We call it the Formula 1 tyre change," says Richard van Rouwendaal, the affable Dutch stage manager who makes it all work.

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“Hello, bands,” shouts an impatient stage manager, “Who is playing with the London Symphony Orchestra?”

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Poppy is one of the stage managers who, along with Max Stewart’s convincingly overworked Tim, is trying to stem the backstage chaos — an impossible feat that not even the Little Dutch Boy could manage.

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West began his career in entertainment as an assistant stage manager at the Wimbledon Theatre.

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