Stage, stages, or staging may refer to:

Arts and media

Acting

Stage (theatre) In theatre and performing arts, the stage (sometimes referred to as the deck in stagecraft) is a designated space for the performance of theatrical production, productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point ...

, a space for the performance of theatrical productions *

Theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage" * ''

The Stage ''The Stage'' is a British weekly newspaper and website covering the entertainment industry and particularly theatre. Founded in 1880, ''The Stage'' contains news, reviews, opinion, features, and recruitment advertising, mainly directed at thos ...

'', a weekly British theatre newspaper * Stages Repertory Theatre, a theatre company in Houston, Texas

Music

Performers

* Stage, an American band featuring Ryan Star

Albums

* ''Stage'' (David Bowie album), 1978 * ''Stage'' (Great White album), 1995 * ''Stage'' (Keller Williams album), 2004 * ''Stage'', by Mónica Naranjo, 2009 * ''The Stage'' (album), by Avenged Sevenfold, or the title song (see below), 2016 * ''Stages'' (Cassadee Pope album), 2019 * ''Stages'' (Elaine Paige album), 1983 * ''Stages'' (Eric Clapton album), 1993 * ''Stages'' (Jimi Hendrix album), 1991 * ''Stages'' (Josh Groban album), 2015 * ''Stages'' (Melanie C album), 2012 * ''Stages'' (Triumph album), 1985 * ''Stages'' (Vedera album), 2009 * '' Stages: The Lost Album'', by Eric Andersen, 1991 * '' Stages: Performances 1970–2002'', by Neil Diamond, 2003 * ''Stages'', by David Benoit, 1982 * ''Stages'', by

the Electric Soft Parade The Electric Soft Parade are an English psychedelic pop band from Brighton, comprising brothers Alex and Thomas White, the creative core of the band, as well as a number of other musicians with whom they record and perform live, most recentl ...

, 2020 * ''Stages'', by

Ella Koon Ella Koon Yun-na (born 9 July 1979) is a former Hong Kong Cantopop singer and semi-retired actress. Biography Ella Koon was born in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, and is of Hakka descent. She was raised in Hong Kong and attended high sch ...

, 2008 * ''Stages'', by

Jill Vidal Jill Vidal () often referred to as Wei Si or simply as Jill, is a Hong Kong–based urban pop singer and actress. She is of Filipino, Korean, and Chinese ethnicity. Her twin sister, Janice Vidal, is also a singer in Hong Kong. Career Music ...

, 2022

Songs

* "Stage", by Live from ''

Throwing Copper ''Throwing Copper'' is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Live, released on April 26, 1994, on former MCA Records subsidiary Radioactive Records. It was produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads and was recorded at Pac ...

'', 1994 * "The Stage" (song), by Avenged Sevenfold, 2016 * "Stages" (song), by ZZ Top, 1986 * "Stages", by Reks from ''

Grey Hairs Grey Hairs is the third studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, ...

'', 2008

Other uses in arts and media

* ''Stage'' (film), a 1951 Bollywood film * ''Stage'', a 2002 book and DVD documenting Britney Spears'

Dream Within a Dream Tour The Dream Within a Dream Tour was the fourth concert tour by American singer Britney Spears. It was launched in support of her third studio album, ''Britney (album), Britney'' (2001). The tour was promoted by AEG Live, Concerts West, marking th ...

* ''Stage'' (Iranian TV series), a reality music competition *

Level (video gaming) In video games, a level (also referred to as a map, mission, stage, course, or round in some older games) is any space available to the player during the course of completion of an objective. Video game levels generally have progressively incre ...

* '' Stages on Life's Way'', an 1845 philosophical work by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard

People with the surname

* Ruth Stage, British artist * Wm. Stage (born 1951), American journalist, writer and photographer

Science and technology

* Stage (hydrology) *

Stage (stratigraphy) In chronostratigraphy, a stage is a succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic timescale, which usually represents millions of years of deposition. A given stage of rock and the corresponding age of time will by conven ...

, a set of rock strata with the same age * Staging (pathology) or cancer staging * Stage, auxiliary breathing gas cylinder used in scuba diving * Stage ( stream gauge), a measurement of water level in a river, stream, pond, lake, or estuary * The platform and that supports a slide in an

optical microscope The optical microscope, also referred to as a light microscope, is a type of microscope that commonly uses visible light and a system of lenses to generate magnified images of small objects. Optical microscopes are the oldest design of micros ...

* Linear stage, a component of precise motion system * Calligra Stage, slide show presentation software * One of the three stages or regions in the sociological theory of dramaturgy

Transport

Stagecoach A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, ) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by ...

* Stage, a type of

limousine A limousine ( or ), or limo () for short, is a large, chauffeur-driven luxury vehicle with a partition between the driver compartment and the passenger compartment which can be operated mechanically by hand or by a button electronically. A luxu ...

Other uses

* Special stage (rallying), in rally racing * The Stage (Antarctica), a moraine in Antarctica * The Stage, Shoreditch, a mixed-use development * Stage (bicycle race), a leg in a bicycle race * Stage (cooking), a period of work experience in a kitchen * Stage Stores Inc., an American department store company * Stage, or

apprenticeship Apprenticeship is a system for training a potential new practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study. Apprenticeships may also enable practitioners to gain a license to practice in a regulat ...

** Stage, the training programme of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

in Brussels and Luxembourg * S.T.A.G.E., the Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration program at the University of California, Santa Barbara