stage door

noun

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

stage door

noun

1. a door at a theatre leading backstage

Word History and Origins

Origin of stage door¹

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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.

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There are few movies, and almost no musicals, that depict the nasty way that fascism tends to sneak in through the stage door before announcing itself in the spotlight like 1972’s “Cabaret.”

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