scene (in all senses) / stage (of a theatre etc)

(intransitive, idiomatic) to perform; to act

coup de théâtre, plot twist / sensational upheaval; surprise

plural of colpo di scena

(idiomatic) to steal the scene [+ a (someone) = from]

dramatization

plural of messa in scena

to stage (produce on a stage)

(performing arts) to get off the stage, as required by a stage direction (of an actor) / (by extension) to lose a role, status, position, etc. that one previously occupied; to fall from grace or get out of the picture

(theater) to go on stage / (figurative, by extension) to begin to have a presence or effect; to enter the picture