Stage or stages may refer to:

Acting

* Stage (theatre), 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 or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

, 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. It was founded in 1880. It contains news, reviews, opinion, features, and recruitment advertising, mainly directed at those wh ...

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

Music

* Stage, an American band featuring

Ryan Star Ryan Stahr Kulchinsky (born January 7, 1978) is an American rock singer-songwriter from Long Island, New York, currently signed on Island Records. His first major label record '' 11:59'', released via Atlantic in 2010, reached No. 31 on Billbo ...

* ''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 entertainer Britney Spears. It was launched in support of her third studio album, '' Britney'' (2001). The tour was promoted by Concerts West, marking the first time Spears di ...

Albums

* ''Stage'' (David Bowie album), 1978 * ''Stage'' (Great White album), 1995 * ''Stage'' (Keller Williams album), 2004 * ''Stage'', by

Mónica Naranjo Mónica Naranjo Carrasco (born 23 May 1974) is a Spanish singer widely popular in Spain and Latin America and recognised as one of the most powerful voices of the Spanish and Latin American music scenes. She has performed with singers such as Luc ...

, 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 recent ...

, 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 sc ...

, 2008 * ''Stages'', by

Jill Vidal Jill Vidal () often referred to as Wei Si or simply as Jill, is a Hong Kong-based female urban pop singer. Vidal is of Korean and Filipino ethnicity with British nationality. Her twin sister, Janice Vidal, is also a singer in Hong Kong. Care ...

, 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 by American rapper Reks. The album was released on July 22, 2008 through ShowOff Records. Track listing References {{Authority control Reks albums 2008 albums Albums produced by DJ Premier Albums ...

'', 2008

People with the surname

Ruth Stage Ruth Stage is a British artist who uses the ancient egg tempera painting technique in her work, and is known for her landscapes. Born in Hartlepool, Stage studied at the Royal Academy Schools The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art insti ...

, British artist *

Wm. Stage Wm. Stage, also known as William Stage (born June 30, 1951) is an American journalist, author, and photographer, with a focus on the area and history of the American Midwest and St. Louis, Missouri. From 1982 to 2004 he worked for the weekly news ...

(born 1951), American journalist, writer and photographer

Transport

* Stagecoach * 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. A very long wheelbase luxury sedan (with more than four doors) driven by a pr ...

Linear stage A linear stage or translation stage is a component of a precise motion system used to restrict an object to a single axis of motion. The term linear slide is often used interchangeably with "linear stage", though technically "linear slide" refe ...

, a component of precise motion system

Other uses

Special stage (rallying) A special stage (SS) is a section of closed road at a stage rallying event used for timed speed tests. Racers attempt to complete the stage in the shortest time. A race on a special stage is coordinated such that each competing racer begins after ...

, in rally racing * ''Stage'' (film), a 1951 Bollywood film * Stage (stratigraphy), a set of rock strata with the same age *

The Stage (Antarctica) The Stage is a prominent moraine floored amphitheater (a cirque) between West Aisle Ridge and Central Aisle Ridge on the north side of Renegar Glacier, Scott Coast Scott Coast () is the portion of the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica between ...

, a moraine in Antarctica *

The Stage, Shoreditch The Stage in Shoreditch Shoreditch is a district in the East End of London in England, and forms the southern part of the London Borough of Hackney. Neighbouring parts of Tower Hamlets are also perceived as part of the area. In the 16th centu ...

, a mixed-use development *

Staging (pathology) Cancer staging is the process of determining the extent to which a cancer has developed by growing and spreading. Contemporary practice is to assign a number from I to IV to a cancer, with I being an isolated cancer and IV being a cancer that ha ...

or cancer staging * 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, auxiliary breathing gas cylinder used in scuba diving *

Level (video gaming) In video games, a level (also referred to as a map, stage, 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-increasing difficulty t ...

* Stage ( stream gauge), a measurement of water level in a river, stream, pond, lake, or estuary * Stage, or

apprenticeship Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading). Apprenticeships can also enable practitioners to gain a ...

** Stage, the training programme of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

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

Calligra Stage Calligra Stage (formerly ''KPresenter'') is a free presentation program that is part of the Calligra Suite, an integrated office suite developed by KDE. Calligra Stage's native export format is OpenDocument. Stage is able to load presentation ...

, a presentation program * S.T.A.G.E., the

Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration (''STAGE'') was created in 2005 to encourage collaboration between artists and scientists. Originally, it began as a partnership between the Professional Artists Lab and the California Na ...

program at the University of California, Santa Barbara * 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 microsc ...

* Stage (hydrology)