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'', 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 * ''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), 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 * 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 ** 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