Sentence examples for cramped stage from inspiring English sources

In its first incarnation, local bands such as Nirvana and Death Cab for Cutie filled its cramped stage before becoming international sensations.

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Cherry Lane Theater on Monday night, JUDITH IVEY was introducing RUE McCLANAHAN on the famously cramped stage.

While the musical styles and quality coming from the cramped stage flanked by bathrooms tended to vary greatly during regular hours, late at night professional musicians would often gather for spontaneous, relaxed jam sessions.

The inordinately cramped stage of the Clark Studio Theater did little to complement Mr. Caines's new works for nine dancers each, "Skittle Alley (Ninepins)" and "The Farewell to Music," performed on Saturday afternoon.

The setting of "The Hostage" is a down-and-out boarding house that is also a bordello, its cozy squalor rendered effectively on the Irish Rep's cramped stage by the set designers Eugene Lee and N. Joseph DeTullio.

Though unfailingly genial, Ms. Messina never quite figured out how to navigate the cramped stage and the post-dinner crowd, though the context added a bit of resonance to "I'm Alright," in which Ms. Messina tells an old lover, "Looking good in your three-piece suit/I always knew you'd take the business route".

Although they are frequently seen performing on small, cramped stages, Claxton's people are rarely crowded by the picture frame.

Rather than creating a watery spectacle, designer Francis O'Connor gives this a cleverly minimalist, almost intimate treatment, in an otherwise cramped staging surrounded by cutouts of undulating mountain scenery.

Using wide-angle lenses and shooting directly against the back wall of the set, Ms. Akerman turns the rooms of Jeanne's small apartment into theatrical spaces, cramped stages on which the characters play out their lives.

Some cramped staging may reflect a lack of resources, but Mr. Xie's technical assurance and the overall level of the acting are the equal of at least a modest Hollywood drama of the 1950s or '60s.

"I can't tell you how cramped this stage is," quips Isaac at one point, when Turner briefly takes over on keys.