stage manager
15
4.6
- noun
- /steɪdʒ ˈmænɪdʒər/
:
regidor de escena
- The stage manager coordinated all the lighting changes during the performance.
So I'm about to walk out behind this piece of scenery, but there's all these archways and these steps, and the stage manager says, look out there in the middle archway.
- So I'm about to walk out behind this piece of scenery, but there's all these archways and these steps, and the stage manager says, look out there in the middle archway.
- Like from the showrunner to the writers to my my stage manager Roger, to my Co stars, like I just got to be myself.
- And I was on stage with the Calpurnia and the stage manager came on the God mic we call it, and said actors leave the stage, Actors leave the stage.
- My guitar tech, stage manager, overall, just guru.
- And I thought, OK, Darcy, who was the name of the stage manager.
- So I went on, Nichols is told by Peter Lawrence, who's the stage manager.
- I mean, his voice going up in and then he went for this assistant stage manager and, and said, you think you think I've got to leave him now?
- Like from the showrunner to the writers to my my stage manager Rodger to my Co stars, like I just got to be myself.
Examples
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One student acts as stage manager, instructing guests on the evening's procedures and calling up the presenters.
Academic text (2002) -
Kate Whitcomb was the stage manager before me.
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I want to see that stage manager, Charlie Hill.
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Hey, are you the stage manager?
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I have a letter here asking me to report to the stage manager.
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"End of act one," the stage manager read.
Fiction book (1999) -
Yeah, Mike, meet Woody, the best stage manager in all of London.
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Students function as stage managers as well, taking turns setting up for and breaking down after performances by their peers.
Academic text (2010) -
During the time I was in Cleveland, the stage manager picked me up at ten o'clock in the morning.
Fiction book (1993) -
Elliot Lanes has been a professional stage manager, sound designer, and board operator for over 20 years.
Blog text (22)
Synonyms
1
8.8
A person who runs the stage and fixes backstage problems during a performance
A person who organizes and manages technical work for a movie, TV, or theatre show
How Responsible
- Jargon
15
4.6
- Specialized
- Specialized
14
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who supervises the physical aspects of a theatrical production' is directly derivable from 'stage' (performance platform) + 'manager' (person who manages). This compound follows a transparent noun+noun occupational pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the role.
Etymology
Stage manager comes from the theatre. The picture to remember is a manager of the stage standing at the side with a clipboard, giving signals, moving props and fixing problems, so the name now means 'the person who looks after the physical side of a show and runs the stage during performances'.