0 present participle of stage-manage
1 to arrange and control an event carefully in order to achieve the result you want:
Many people have become cynical about the stage-managed debates between politicians which regularly appear on television.
Vergerio was at his bedside during his illness attending to his spiritual needs but also stage-managing the scene and its aftermath.
Students participate in all the aspects of the theatre experience acting, dancing, technical work and stage-managing.
