Definition of onstage
: on or onto a stage : on a part of the stage visible to the audience
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There is the possibility of sharing that can take place between the audience and the person onstage.
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Standing onstage before the hockey film began, Detroit Free Press Executive Editor Peter Bhatia invited the audience to attend other films.
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Sleek modern staging Staufenbiel wisely puts the music front and center, with conductor Joseph Rescigno (of the Florentine Opera Company in Milwaukee) and the orchestra onstage.
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Then there's how Carpenter presents herself, onstage and off.
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Rebecca Minkoff and Leigh Gallagher speak onstage during the Fortune Most Powerful Women Next Gen conference at Monarch Beach Resort on November 14, 2017 in Dana Point, California.
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Zendaya won the Favorite Movie Actress award for ' Spider-Man: Homecoming' and 'The Greatest Showman' onstage.
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Tim McGraw is on the mend after severe dehydration caused him to collapse onstage during a show in Ireland over the weekend.
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Jodi Dellaventura’s inviting Dublin pub set is just that: Before the show, audience members so inclined can go onstage to have a drink with the actors, who then perform a few songs not from the show as theatergoers take their seats.
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First Known Use of onstage
1925
ONSTAGE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of onstage for English Language Learners
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: on or onto a stage and in front of an audience
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