stage play
noun
: a play that is written to be performed on a stage
She's currently adapting a stage play for the big screen.
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Titled Wicked: For Good, John M. Chu’s rapid follow-up isn’t so much a sequel as an extended version of the second act of the stage play, which pretty means that all the same players are returning.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
The last time these two teams met was in the final game of group stage play.
—Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
This is exactly what undoes the film adaptation of Wilson’s stage play that was produced by Denzel Washington, stars his son, actor John David Washington, as Boy Willie, and is the directorial debut of his other son, Malcolm Washington.
—Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
The stage play based on Netflix’s hit science fiction series Stranger Things is in rehearsals for its Broadway debut after its successful premiere on London’s West End — and PEOPLE has the first look.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
The last time these two teams met was in the final game of group stage play.
—Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
This is exactly what undoes the film adaptation of Wilson’s stage play that was produced by Denzel Washington, stars his son, actor John David Washington, as Boy Willie, and is the directorial debut of his other son, Malcolm Washington.
—Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
The stage play based on Netflix’s hit science fiction series Stranger Things is in rehearsals for its Broadway debut after its successful premiere on London’s West End — and PEOPLE has the first look.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Stage play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20play. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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