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Some stage business, including a crucial moment of violence between Juicy and Larry, was sloppily executed.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The opening number sets up this tangle, and is a dizzying beast to stage, whether in a small-town community theater or on Broadway: about fifteen minutes long, a dozen singers, all crossing among one another in a market square’s worth of stage business.
—Vulture, 10 July 2022
Christina Goerke, as Ortrud, powered through some silly stage business with characteristic feistiness.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
Another part of his success was his ability to negotiate intricate stage business in an opera in which the action can become so complicated that almost nobody can follow it.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The opening number sets up this tangle, and is a dizzying beast to stage, whether in a small-town community theater or on Broadway: about fifteen minutes long, a dozen singers, all crossing among one another in a market square’s worth of stage business.
—Vulture, 10 July 2022
Christina Goerke, as Ortrud, powered through some silly stage business with characteristic feistiness.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
Another part of his success was his ability to negotiate intricate stage business in an opera in which the action can become so complicated that almost nobody can follow it.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
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“Stage business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20business. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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