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stage the performance

[/steɪdʒ ðə pərˈfɔːrməns/]
verb phrase
encenar a apresentação; montar o espetáculo
1. To organize and present a performance or show to an audience
The theater company will stage the performance next month.
A companhia de teatro vai encenar a apresentação no próximo mês.
2. To arrange and produce all technical and artistic aspects of a theatrical event
They staged the performance with elaborate sets and costumes.
Eles montaram o espetáculo com cenários e figurinos elaborados.
Synonyms
present the performancemount the performanceput on the performanceproduce the performanceperform
Antonyms
cancel the performancepostpone the performance

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
encenar a apresentação; montar o espetáculo
Most common usage in Brazilian Portuguese
São Paulo
montar a apresentação
Commonly used in São Paulo theater circles
Portugal
encenar a representação; montar o espetáculo
European Portuguese preference for 'representação' in formal contexts

Related Idioms & Phrases

steal the show
break a leg
the show must go on
take center stage
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