stage manager
noun
: one who supervises the physical aspects of a stage production, assists the director during rehearsals, and is in charge of the stage during a performance
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Hanah Glimpse, who worked as an assistant stage manager at Jingle, was among those to receive about a quarter of her outstanding $800 paycheck.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2025
After a pause, Chase enters, wearing a stage manager’s headset.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
With Coppola, Anderson brings Shelly into focus one character-revealing detail at a time, including through her close relations with two younger dancers, Jodie (Kiernan Shipka) and Mary-Anne (Brenda Song), as well as with the show’s stage manager, the gruffly needy Eddie (Dave Bautista).
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Additional creative team members include director and choreographer Luis Salgado, production stage manager Linda Marvel, sound designer Shannon Slaton, lighting designer Keith Truax, associate producer David Katz, and general manager Maria DiDia.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2025
After a pause, Chase enters, wearing a stage manager’s headset.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
With Coppola, Anderson brings Shelly into focus one character-revealing detail at a time, including through her close relations with two younger dancers, Jodie (Kiernan Shipka) and Mary-Anne (Brenda Song), as well as with the show’s stage manager, the gruffly needy Eddie (Dave Bautista).
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Additional creative team members include director and choreographer Luis Salgado, production stage manager Linda Marvel, sound designer Shannon Slaton, lighting designer Keith Truax, associate producer David Katz, and general manager Maria DiDia.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Stage manager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20manager. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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