Today, she's half succeeded - in the first stage, at least.
On stage, at least, he was consistent, and consistently inspiring.
And, on the stage at least, it was.
But after Friday's decision, the appeals court moved to center stage, at least for a while.
Mr. Stiefel will also choreograph or stage at least one major production per year.
At this stage, at least I know where we're headed: a good fiberglass door with simple glass.
On the stage, at least, women rule, and not the fantastical, mannered Mames and Dollys who have traditionally governed musicals.
However shabbily it treats her sister muses, "Center Stage" at least honors Terpsichore, whose devotees can practice their leg extensions during the dramatic bits.
Both are still early stage (at least 5-10 yeawayaway from commercial market) and still expensive to produce on a mass scale.
Next year's Oscars are set, at this stage at least, to be dominated by The Birth of a Nation, about Nat Turner's slave liberation movement in 1831.
Thursday's stage at least looks set to happen as planned, but the weather is set to intervene once again over the following two days' mountain stages.
