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, 2020 * ''Stages'', by Ella Koon, 2008 * ''Stages'', by Jill Vidal, 2022

Songs

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

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