Someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed.
synonym: stage manager.
Roget 599:
the drama,
the stage,
the theater,
the play;
film the film,
movies,
motion pictures,
cinema,
cinematography;
theatricals,
dramaturgy,
histrionic art,
buskin,
sock,
cothurnus†,
Melpomene and Thalia,
Thespis.
play,
drama,
stage play,
piece [Fr.],
five-act play,
tragedy,
comedy,
opera,
vaudeville,
comedietta†,
lever de rideau [Fr.],
interlude,
afterpiece†,
exode†,
farce,
divertissement,
extravaganza,
burletta†,
harlequinade†,
pantomime,
burlesque,
opera bouffe [Fr.],
ballet,
spectacle,
masque,
drame comedie drame [Fr.];
melodrama,
melodrame†;
comidie larmoyante [Fr.],
sensation drama;
tragicomedy,
farcical-comedy;
monodrame monologue;
duologue trilogy†;
charade,
proverbs;
mystery,
miracle play;
musical,
musical comedy.
[movies]
western,
horse opera;
flick [Coll.];
spy film,
love story,
adventure film,
documentary,
nature film;
pornographic film,
smoker,
skin flick,
X-rated film.
act,
scene,
tableau;
induction,
introduction;
prologue,
epilogue;
libretto.
performance,
representation,
mise en scene [Fr.],
stagery†,
jeu de theatre [Fr.];
acting;
gesture
etc.
550;
impersonation
etc.
554;
stage business,
gag,
buffoonery.
light comedy,
genteel comedy,
low comedy.
theater;
playhouse,
opera house;
house;
music hall;
amphitheater,
circus,
hippodrome,
theater in the round;
puppet show,
fantoccini†;
marionettes,
Punch and Judy.
auditory,
auditorium,
front of the house,
stalls,
boxes,
pit,
gallery,
parquet;
greenroom,
coulisses [Fr.].
flat;
drop,
drop scene;
wing,
screen,
side scene;
transformation scene,
curtain,
act drop;
proscenium.
stage,
scene,
scenery,
the boards;
trap,
mezzanine floor;
flies;
floats,
footlights;
offstage;
orchestra.
theatrical costume,
theatrical properties.
movie studio,
back lot,
on location.
part,
role,
character,
dramatis personae [Lat.];
repertoire.
actor,
thespian,
player;
method actor;
stage player,
strolling player;
stager,
performer;
mime,
mimer†;
artists;
comedian,
tragedian;
tragedienne,
Roscius;
star,
movie star,
star of stage and screen,
superstar,
idol,
sex symbol;
supporting actor,
supporting cast;
ham,
hamfatter [Slang];
masker†.
pantomimist,
clown harlequin,
buffo†,
buffoon,
farceur,
grimacer,
pantaloon,
columbine;
punchinello†;
pulcinello†,
pulcinella†;
extra,
bit-player,
walk-on role,
cameo appearance;
mute,
figurante†,
general utility;
super,
supernumerary.
company;
first tragedian,
prima donna [Sp.],
protagonist;
jeune premier [Fr.];
debutant,
debutante [Fr.];
light comedian,
genteel comedian,
low comedian;
walking gentleman,
amoroso†,
heavy father,
ingenue [Fr.],
jeune veuve [Fr.].
mummer,
guiser†,
guisard†,
gysart†,
masque.
mountebank,
Jack Pudding;
tumbler,
posture master,
acrobat;
contortionist;
ballet dancer,
ballet girl;
chorus singer;
coryphee danseuse [Fr.].
property man,
costumier,
machinist;
prompter,
call boy;
manager;
director,
stage manager,
acting manager.
producer,
entrepreneur,
impresario;
backer,
investor,
angel [Fig.].
dramatic author,
dramatic writer;
play writer,
playwright;
dramatist,
mimographer†.
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Roget 690:
doer,
actor,
agent,
performer,
perpetrator,
operator;
executor,
executrix;
practitioner,
worker,
stager.
bee,
ant,
working bee,
termite,
white ant;
laboring oar,
servant of all work,
factotum.
workman,
artisan;
craftsman,
handicraftsman;
mechanic,
operative;
working man;
laboring man;
demiurgus,
hewers of wood and drawers of water,
laborer,
navvy†;
hand,
man,
day laborer,
journeyman,
charwoman,
hack;
mere tool
etc.
633;
beast of burden,
drudge,
fag;
lumper†,
roustabout.
maker,
artificer,
artist,
wright,
manufacturer,
architect,
builder,
mason,
bricklayer,
smith,
forger,
Vulcan;
carpenter;
ganger,
platelayer;
blacksmith,
locksmith,
sailmaker,
wheelwright.
machinist,
mechanician,
engineer.
sempstress†,
semstress†,
seamstress;
needlewoman†,
workwoman;
tailor,
cordwainer†.
minister
etc.
(instrument)
631;
servant
etc.
746;
representative
etc.
(commissioner)
758,
(deputy)
759.
coworker,
party to,
participator in,
particeps criminis [Lat.],
dramatis personae [Lat.];
personnel.
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Dutch: inspeciënt, inspiciënt, toneelmeester
An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service.
synonyms: old-timer, old hand, old stager, oldtimer, veteran, warhorse.
Dutch: old-timer, oldtimer, oudgediende, veteraan
Polish: weteran, dinozaur, kombatant