How to say "staging" in Japanese

• 上演じょうえんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'staging' as the act of putting a work on stage: performing a play, opera or similar piece before an audience. Choose it when 'staging' means mounting a theatrical production.
  その劇場げきじょうでは何なんが上演じょうえんされていますか。↗

  What is playing at the theater?
• 主催しゅさいJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbMatches 'staging' only in the sense of organizing or hosting an event under one's auspices, sponsoring it. It has nothing to do with theatre: this is the organizer's side of 'staging an event'.
  今日きょうのパーティーは誰だれが主催しゅさいなの？↗

  Who was in charge of today's party?
• 演出えんしゅつJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers staging for effect: arranging and directing how a performance or event is presented — the director's shaping of a play's scenes, or the orchestration of an event's course.
  照明しょうめいはツマミ一ひとつで光量こうりょうを変かえられるようになっていて好すきな明あかるさを演出えんしゅつ出来できるようになっている。↗

  The lighting was set up to have the intensity controlled by one knob so you could produce the brightness as you want.
• 上場じょうじょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbSeldom the word you want for 'staging': it is really the term for listing a company's shares on a stock exchange. For the theatrical sense, 上演 is the word to reach for.

Use 上演 for putting on a play or opera, 演出 for arranging and directing a performance for effect, 主催 for staging an event as organizer or sponsor, and avoid 上場, which is really about stock-exchange listing.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 上演じょうえんperformance (of a play, opera, etc.)
• 主催しゅさいsponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices)
• 段階分けだんかいわけstaging (e.g. medical treatment)
• 演出えんしゅつorganization (of an event)
• 上場じょうじょうperformance (of a play, opera, etc.)