Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stage-manage
verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Most of the 'spontaneous demonstrations' supporting the President are stage-managed.
▪ The First Lady has been known to stage-manage press conferences.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Mixing with the bemused and baffled guests are actors who stage-manage the whole affair.
▪ Paris must now stage-manage an intergovernmental conference leading to a new treaty.
Usage examples of "stage-manage".
Kea could have done a more exact job of stage-managing, but he knew just how sensitive and paranoiac the incompetent were.
If, as stage-managed by Rush, it had been left to Adams to make the first move, Jefferson more than fulfilled his part.
I had no idea if my chat-room visits and Internet searches were being stage-managed, if friends with too much time on their hands were electronically still yanking my chain.
Koudelka, grimly proud of his key role in stage-managing this historic moment in one-upsmanship, laid the swordstick on the table as further evidence.