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

In the nature of such risky stage business, the playful interludes are hit or miss: Stunts are arranged to draw audience members into the play, which embroider the carnival atmosphere but feel a bit halfhearted.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 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

Sunday was given over to a thorough drill in the customary stage business of Siebel's part, and the memorable Monday night found the aspirant ready, but fearful and trembling.

From Famous Prima Donnas by Strang, Lewis Clinton