Play and Stage

Play

Play verb - To engage in activity for amusement.

Stage is a synonym for play in theatre topic. In some cases you can use "Stage" instead the word "Play" as a verb or a noun.

Stage

Stage verb - To bring before the public in performance or exhibition.
Usage example: staged the full body of Shakespeare's plays in the course of a year
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Synonyms for Stage

Play is a synonym for stage in theatre topic. Sometimes you can use "Play" instead the word "Stage" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as arrange, show, present, entertainment.

Nearby Words: stagy, staged, staging, stager, stagey

How words are described

musical musical play musical stage
full full play full stage
long long play long stage
normal normal play normal stage
Other adjectives: short, perfect, regular, original, single, actual, entire, real, big, main, new, early, final, next, last, different, said, earlier, previous.

Common collocations

level play level stage level
mission play mission stage mission
roulette play roulette stage roulette
levels play levels stage levels

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Green Day Catch Phrase: Billie Joe almost always says "get your ass up here" when he picks a fan to come on-stage and play with him.
  • Audience Participation Song Instead of using her crew, she pulled two fans onto the stage to stay there throughout the show and play the theme from Clue on her keyboard, while she ran around the stage between the songs acting out the theatre parts by herself "Tim Curry style".
  • Creator / BRIAN BLESSED Also in 2014 he recorded a version of "Sonic Attack" for Hawkwind's stage shows.Theatre He was the first to play old Deuteronomy in Cats.
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