In hard cases, on the other hand, the negative part holds the stage.

The village people held the final stage of the Kabuki for the two young men who might never return there again.

The original play was not performed at all during the 18th century, and instead a range of adaptations held the stage.

He's someone who can sing, look great, hold the stage and be the center of attention.

Otherwise they would not have been able to hold the stage successfully.

The play was said to be "one of the few American tragedies to hold the stage."

Not so when the final panel held the stage.

It was a conventional dramatic role, but she knew how to hold the stage alone.

It held the stage, unquestioned, for more than two hundred years.

Each of the women needs to hold the stage in her difficult solo.