stage-manage

== English == === Verb === stage-manage (third-person singular simple present stage-manages, present participle stage-managing, simple past and past participle stage-managed) (literally) To manage or organise the operation of a theatrical stage; to act as stage manager. (figuratively) To carefully control or direct (an event, operation, etc.) from the background, especially in a calculating manner, so as to achieve a particular desired appearance or outcome.