stage door

noun

: the door at the back of a theater that is used by actors and the people who work in the theater

Examples of stage door in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Then there was Foley and his team following Letterman spontaneously tossing a notecard at the prop window and having to match that with the sound of shattering glass or having a camera follow Letterman into the audience or out a stage door exit where a cameraperson was often strategically placed. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024 Musicians tend to walk around the massive crowd outside and head straight to the stage door, said Howard Herring, New World Symphony’s president and CEO. Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024 Above, the band is pictured walking down an alley to the stage door behind the Odeon in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1975. Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024 Mallory is hardly alone in attending the stage door scrum but not BravoCon. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2023 Lily Allen's stage door style domination continued this week. Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023 During his recent West End run in A Streetcar Named Desire, fans lined up regularly at the stage door to catch a glimpse of the actor heading out for a post-matinee run in thigh-grazing ’80s-style shorts. Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Aug. 2023 The moment arrives, Nora takes her walk, and the SM and Chastain’s assistant hurry her back inside through the stage door for bows. Joey Sims, Vulture, 11 June 2023 After the show, hoping to prevent nightmares, my father took me to the stage door and requested to see the Phantom himself, Colm Wilkinson. Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2023

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“Stage door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20door. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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