stage right
nounDefinition of stage right
: the right part of a stage from the viewpoint of one who faces the audience
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The first act of the nine-month overhaul starts this week with the five, 18-foot-tall ballerina statues stationed outside the hotel’s front entrance exiting stage right. — Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, "Ballerina statues exit as downtown Denver Sheraton gets started on $80 million makeover," 27 Aug. 2019 At the Hideout, Adams and Ligon flanked the stage, with bassist Casey McDonough and drummer John Perrin between them and a three-piece Whole Wheat Horns on a riser hanging off stage right. — John Lingan, Washington Post, "Why NRBQ never really needed a hit record to measure its success," 16 Aug. 2019 Republican Ben Carson didn't come out on the stage right away, waiting for over a minute, during a Feb. 7, 2016 debate. — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, "Democratic debate: Technical issues interrupt gun control question," 26 June 2019 Swift took the stage right after entertainment company AEG presented the bar with a $50,000 check in support of the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, according to Variety. — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, "Taylor Swift Honored Pride Month With A Surprise Performance At Stonewall Inn," 15 June 2019 Two interpreters will stand just off stage right signing the dialogue and lyrics to a section of the audience where those with hearing loss will be sitting. — Abigail Brone, courant.com, "Good news this week: Sleeping Giant reopening and ASL coming to CT Repertory Theater," 14 June 2019 The performers divided the platform of the tented Venetian Theater, with the musicians clustered at stage right and the singers, with a couple of benches and a tree for a setting, improvising a rudimentary staging on the left. — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, "‘Atalanta’ Review: A Pastoral Love Story," 23 July 2018 Most people are betting that James exits his hometown, stage right, after tonight. — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, "Will Cleveland bid farewell to LeBron James on Friday night?," 8 June 2018 In stage right, Murray, whom George directed in The Monuments Men, slipped on his reading glasses, pulled some notecards out of his suit pocket, and began studying them while rocking back and forth on his heels. — Rebecca Keegan, HWD, "Exclusive: Here’s What It Was Like Backstage at George Clooney’s A.F.I. Tribute," 20 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stage right.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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