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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Original cast says no thanks Over the years, Lynn’s script has been turned into a stage play that tours the country, and Ryan Reynolds had been developing a big-screen remake.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
Stoppard also won Best Play for 1976’s Travesties, 1984’s The Real Thing, 2007’s The Coast of Utopia, and 2023’s Leopoldstadt, his final stage play and one that took inspiration from his youth as a Jewish Czechoslovakian child escaping Nazi occupation.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2025
An adaptation of an Australian stage play of the same name, Wilson’s directorial debut follows a city girl who moves to the outback and helps her cousin become a debutante.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 23 Nov. 2025
Felton is the first actor from the movie series to join the cast of the stage play, which opened in London in 2016 and on Broadway in 2018.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
Stoppard also won Best Play for 1976’s Travesties, 1984’s The Real Thing, 2007’s The Coast of Utopia, and 2023’s Leopoldstadt, his final stage play and one that took inspiration from his youth as a Jewish Czechoslovakian child escaping Nazi occupation.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2025
An adaptation of an Australian stage play of the same name, Wilson’s directorial debut follows a city girl who moves to the outback and helps her cousin become a debutante.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 23 Nov. 2025
Felton is the first actor from the movie series to join the cast of the stage play, which opened in London in 2016 and on Broadway in 2018.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Stage play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20play. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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