stage door

American  

noun

1. a door at the back or side of a theater, used by performers and theater personnel.

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stage door British  

noun

1. a door at a theatre leading backstage

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Etymology

Origin of stage door

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

Josie said she met Sleep in person years earlier, outside York Theatre Royal's stage door, to give him paintings of the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky which she had created herself.

From BBC

Here she found the stage door, where the dancers and musicians and stagehands went in and out.

From Literature

The semitoothless old soothsayer had set up shop in the narrow alley that led to the theater’s stage door.

From Literature

Actors are arriving, signing in by the stage door and heading to their dressing rooms.

From Los Angeles Times

During its run, protests outside the stage door were commonplace, and although the musical has reached the pinnacle of success over the years, it has remained controversial.

From Los Angeles Times