stage director
nounDefinition of stage director
1
: director sense c
2
: stage manager
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Synonyms for stage director
Synonyms
director, regisseur (or régisseur)
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Examples of stage director in a Sentence
the stage director spent most of the rehearsal working with the actors to block out the scene
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Adam Driver plays the husband, a stage director, with Scarlett Johansson as his actress wife. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "Fall movies 2019: Dozens of titles coming soon to theaters," 6 Sep. 2019 Nielsen, the son of a stage director and an actress, grew up near theater’s imagined worlds. — Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, "MFA takes visitors to ‘delectable’ fantasy worlds with two new exhibitions," 8 Aug. 2019 Prince was one of the most prolific and successful stage directors in history, with a venerated career that spanned six decades and netted him a staggering 21 Tony awards — more than any other person in history. — Aja Romano, Vox, "Broadway director Harold Prince left an unparalleled legacy of masterworks," 1 Aug. 2019 Directors returning to Opera NEO this summer include conductor-harpsichordist Benjamin Bayl and stage director David Radamés Toro. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "‘Cinderella’ kicks off Opera NEO season," 21 July 2019 Greta Gerwig and Oscar Isaac will reunite with stage director Sam Gold on a production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters at off-Broadway's New York Theatre Workshop. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, "Greta Gerwig, Oscar Isaac to Star Off-Broadway in 'Three Sisters'," 16 July 2019 Why stage director Amy Hutchison chose to allow or encourage over-the-top, buffoonish acting remains a mystery, the sophomoric antics demeaning the score’s beauties. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, "Reviews: Jazz Institute’s 50th; Grant Park Orchestra’s ‘Missa Solemnis’; ‘Flower of Hawaii’," 30 June 2019 One recent example is veteran stage director Nataki Garrett’s recent appointment as artistic director at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. — Makeda Easter, latimes.com, "For race-specific theater companies, the fight for diversity onstage is far from over," 13 June 2019 The stage director Peter Sellars’s festival, in 2016, even ventured outside city limits, closing with a street party in nearby Santa Paula. — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, "Ojai Will Never Be the Same, Thanks to His Musical Imagination," 5 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stage director.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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