business *****
stage business
byplay

Still, he hasn't come up with the stage business that would at least give the comedy a sense of visual invention.

He could forget about stage business and just let his characters reveal themselves in letters.

The other characters were hard to separate from the hammy stage business.

As a performer, she spends too much time on unnecessary stage business.

This stage business was featured prominently on all the networks.

I'm not saying there isn't a bit of stage business involved.

There is now so much stage business in the first act that details are blurred.

But it was not a time for stage business.

All this stage business, however, does nothing to undermine the poignancy.

The scheme has consistently been focused on new start up and early stage businesses.