Sentence:  The crowd <WSD>staged</WSD> its own mad scene in salvos of cheers and applause and finally a standing ovation as Miss Sutherland took curtain call after curtain call following a fantastic `` Mad Scene '' created on her own and with the help of the composer and the other performers . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  plan, organize, and carry out (an event)