Backstage
adverb
In or to the area behind the stage in a theatre where actors get ready and where props are kept.
The actors were waiting backstage for their cues to enter the scene.
Often appears as...
- wait backstage
- go backstage
adjective
Related to activities that happen behind the scenes in a performance or event.
The backstage crew worked tirelessly to ensure the smooth operation of the play.
Often appears as...
- backstage crew
- backstage pass
noun
The area behind the stage in a theatre where actors get ready and where props are kept.
Only crew members and actors are allowed in the backstage during the play.
Often appears as...
- backstage access
- backstage pass
adverb
In or to the area behind the stage in a theatre where actors get ready and where props are kept.
The actors were waiting backstage for their cues to enter the scene.
Often appears as...
- wait backstage
- go backstage
adjective
Related to activities that happen behind the scenes in a performance or event.
The backstage crew worked tirelessly to ensure the smooth operation of the play.
Often appears as...
- backstage crew
- backstage pass
noun
The area behind the stage in a theatre where actors get ready and where props are kept.
Only crew members and actors are allowed in the backstage during the play.
Often appears as...
- backstage access
- backstage pass
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Performance Prep
Refers to preparation activities by performers before appearing on stage.
The singer did her vocal warm-ups backstage.
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Expectation
Indicates a private area restricted to performers and crew only.
Fans are not allowed backstage without a special pass.
Pro Tip 3/3Behind-the-scenes Work
Implies work that occurs out of public view but is crucial for performance.
The stagehands were busy with set changes backstage.
Pro Tip 1/3Performance Prep
Refers to preparation activities by performers before appearing on stage.
The singer did her vocal warm-ups backstage.
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Expectation
Indicates a private area restricted to performers and crew only.
Fans are not allowed backstage without a special pass.
Pro Tip 3/3Behind-the-scenes Work
Implies work that occurs out of public view but is crucial for performance.
The stagehands were busy with set changes backstage.
Pro Tip 1/3Performance Prep
Refers to preparation activities by performers before appearing on stage.
The singer did her vocal warm-ups backstage.
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Expectation
Indicates a private area restricted to performers and crew only.
Fans are not allowed backstage without a special pass.
Pro Tip 3/3Behind-the-scenes Work
Implies work that occurs out of public view but is crucial for performance.
The stagehands were busy with set changes backstage.
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Looks aren't everything....
And when we're backstage, we give an answer that maybe makes it seem like that. We say, "It's really amazing to travel, and it's amazing to get to work with creative, inspired, passionate people." And those things are true, but they're only one half of the story, because the thing that we never say on camera,
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Depression, the secret...
and if you feel better, then you are effectively not depressed anymore. So I became much more tolerant of the vast world of alternative treatments. And I get letters, I get hundreds of letters from people writing to tell me about what's worked for them. Someone was asking me backstage today about meditation.
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Looks aren't everything....
looking for is if you are a little bit skinnier and you have shinier hair you will be so happy and fabulous and one we're backstage we give an answer that maybe makes it seem like that we say it's really amazing to travel and it's amazing to get to work with creative inspired passionate people and those
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Sheryl Sandberg: So we...
I would say, not only survived. I'm thinking of that moment, Sheryl, when you and I were standing backstage together, and you turned to me, and you told me a story. And I said -- very last minute -- you know, you really should share that story. Oh, yeah. What was that story?
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Where do superstitions...
For example, theater scenery used to consist of large painted backdrops, raised and lowered by stagehands who would whistle to signal each other. Absentminded whistles from other people could cause an accident. But the taboo against whistling backstage still exists today,
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Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
they're dicing with death every night then these same adrenaline junkies will be getting their kicks backstage through similar means so let me tell you about this this photograph because this is Perla and this guy is Paula's best friend's boyfriend as I said people dice
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A pro wrestler's guide...
That's a big deal, you know? And I got to sit backstage that entire day with some of the most famous pro wrestlers in the world, some of which were heroes of mine as a kid. And I got to listen to them and learn from them, and for that day,
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Freak Show Performers PIPE...
dancing dwarf takes part in a dangerous broken glass act the audience who paid fifteen dollars a ticket for tonight seems to be warming to them backstage Eric the giant weights tonight he debuts as a freak and for the first time in his
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Naima Penniman: "Being...
if the wind just wants to sit still sometimes and watch the world pass him by if smoke was born knowing how to rise if rainbows get shy backstage
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TED2014 in review PIPE...
oh I am in a secret undisclosed aful location somewhere backstage because I
Video examples
Looks aren't everything....
And when we're backstage, we give an answer that maybe makes it seem like that. We say, "It's really amazing to travel, and it's amazing to get to work with creative, inspired, passionate people." And those things are true, but they're only one half of the story, because the thing that we never say on camera,
Video examples
Depression, the secret...
and if you feel better, then you are effectively not depressed anymore. So I became much more tolerant of the vast world of alternative treatments. And I get letters, I get hundreds of letters from people writing to tell me about what's worked for them. Someone was asking me backstage today about meditation.
Video examples
Looks aren't everything....
looking for is if you are a little bit skinnier and you have shinier hair you will be so happy and fabulous and one we're backstage we give an answer that maybe makes it seem like that we say it's really amazing to travel and it's amazing to get to work with creative inspired passionate people and those
Video examples
Sheryl Sandberg: So we...
I would say, not only survived. I'm thinking of that moment, Sheryl, when you and I were standing backstage together, and you turned to me, and you told me a story. And I said -- very last minute -- you know, you really should share that story. Oh, yeah. What was that story?
Video examples
Where do superstitions...
For example, theater scenery used to consist of large painted backdrops, raised and lowered by stagehands who would whistle to signal each other. Absentminded whistles from other people could cause an accident. But the taboo against whistling backstage still exists today,
Video examples
Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
they're dicing with death every night then these same adrenaline junkies will be getting their kicks backstage through similar means so let me tell you about this this photograph because this is Perla and this guy is Paula's best friend's boyfriend as I said people dice
Video examples
A pro wrestler's guide...
That's a big deal, you know? And I got to sit backstage that entire day with some of the most famous pro wrestlers in the world, some of which were heroes of mine as a kid. And I got to listen to them and learn from them, and for that day,
Video examples
Freak Show Performers PIPE...
dancing dwarf takes part in a dangerous broken glass act the audience who paid fifteen dollars a ticket for tonight seems to be warming to them backstage Eric the giant weights tonight he debuts as a freak and for the first time in his
Video examples
Naima Penniman: "Being...
if the wind just wants to sit still sometimes and watch the world pass him by if smoke was born knowing how to rise if rainbows get shy backstage
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TED2014 in review PIPE...
oh I am in a secret undisclosed aful location somewhere backstage because I
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Colby Covington
American Athlete
You have to have a character; you have to build your character. If you understand the pro wrestling scheme of things, then you understand what the promoting is. These guys are friendly backstage, but as soon as the cameras turn on, it's a whole different story: you become that character.
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Andy Grammer
American Musician
I saw my dad doing it and thought to myself, 'I can do that.' I would be backstage watching him and running around the country with him singing to children. He would sing songs that taught children really good morals: like, 'Teaching Peace' was a song he used to sing to kids a lot.
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Dierks Bentley
American Musician
I always say the best applause you can get is when you walk from backstage up to your microphone at a concert. It's also nice to walk up to the mike at an awards show, and that applause is great, too, but the best is when your fans are cheering for you.
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Christian Slater
American Actor
My family was amazing; they exposed me to the world of show business, and, boy, it was the '70s and I got to spend a lot of time backstage at theaters and see the inner workings of how this entertainment industry is really put together.
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Trevor Noah
South African Comedian
My ideal setting is I walk from the streets, backstage, and straight onto the stage. Two minutes, and I am on the stage. That way, in my head I have gone from my world and then into a social setting with my friends.
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Big Freedia
American Musician
The best times I've had backstage are when you have people around you who genuinely love you, respect your privacy, and have your back - that's what it's all about.
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Johnny Flynn
South African Musician
All the adults in my family were actors, so there wasn't much else in terms of role models. I fell in love with that world, being backstage at the theatre.
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Terry Teachout
American Critic
The backstage play, in which the private lives of theater people are put onstage for the world to see, is one of the diciest of dramatic genres.
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Edge
Canadian Actor
From a backstage perspective, one of the things I always tried to do in wrestling was maintain that I was Adam. Edge was a character.
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Abbey Lee Kershaw
Australian Model
It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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Colby Covington
American Athlete
You have to have a character; you have to build your character. If you understand the pro wrestling scheme of things, then you understand what the promoting is. These guys are friendly backstage, but as soon as the cameras turn on, it's a whole different story: you become that character.
Quote examples
Andy Grammer
American Musician
I saw my dad doing it and thought to myself, 'I can do that.' I would be backstage watching him and running around the country with him singing to children. He would sing songs that taught children really good morals: like, 'Teaching Peace' was a song he used to sing to kids a lot.
Quote examples
Dierks Bentley
American Musician
I always say the best applause you can get is when you walk from backstage up to your microphone at a concert. It's also nice to walk up to the mike at an awards show, and that applause is great, too, but the best is when your fans are cheering for you.
Quote examples
Christian Slater
American Actor
My family was amazing; they exposed me to the world of show business, and, boy, it was the '70s and I got to spend a lot of time backstage at theaters and see the inner workings of how this entertainment industry is really put together.
Quote examples
Trevor Noah
South African Comedian
My ideal setting is I walk from the streets, backstage, and straight onto the stage. Two minutes, and I am on the stage. That way, in my head I have gone from my world and then into a social setting with my friends.
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Big Freedia
American Musician
The best times I've had backstage are when you have people around you who genuinely love you, respect your privacy, and have your back - that's what it's all about.
Quote examples
Johnny Flynn
South African Musician
All the adults in my family were actors, so there wasn't much else in terms of role models. I fell in love with that world, being backstage at the theatre.
Quote examples
Terry Teachout
American Critic
The backstage play, in which the private lives of theater people are put onstage for the world to see, is one of the diciest of dramatic genres.
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Edge
Canadian Actor
From a backstage perspective, one of the things I always tried to do in wrestling was maintain that I was Adam. Edge was a character.
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Abbey Lee Kershaw
Australian Model
It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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