Onstage
adverb, adjective
When someone or something is on the stage during a play or performance.
The actor moved onstage when it was his turn to perform.
Often appears as...
- appear onstage
- perform onstage
adverb, adjective
Involved in a public event or media.
The company was onstage in controversies last year.
Often appears as...
- company onstage
- person onstage
adverb, adjective
When someone or something is on the stage during a play or performance.
The actor moved onstage when it was his turn to perform.
Often appears as...
- appear onstage
- perform onstage
adverb, adjective
Involved in a public event or media.
The company was onstage in controversies last year.
Often appears as...
- company onstage
- person onstage
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Theatrical Use
Onstage specifically refers to being in view of the audience during a live performance, like a play or concert.
The dancers remained perfectly still, positioned onstage as the curtains rose.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility
Use 'onstage' to describe actions that are meant to be seen by spectators, not what happens behind the scenes.
As the music started, the magician stepped onstage, ready for his act.
Pro Tip 3/3Live Performances
'Onstage' often implies that the event is happening in real-time, without edits or do-overs.
The actor's emotion was palpable as he delivered the monologue onstage.
Pro Tip 1/3Theatrical Use
Onstage specifically refers to being in view of the audience during a live performance, like a play or concert.
The dancers remained perfectly still, positioned onstage as the curtains rose.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility
Use 'onstage' to describe actions that are meant to be seen by spectators, not what happens behind the scenes.
As the music started, the magician stepped onstage, ready for his act.
Pro Tip 3/3Live Performances
'Onstage' often implies that the event is happening in real-time, without edits or do-overs.
The actor's emotion was palpable as he delivered the monologue onstage.
Pro Tip 1/3Theatrical Use
Onstage specifically refers to being in view of the audience during a live performance, like a play or concert.
The dancers remained perfectly still, positioned onstage as the curtains rose.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility
Use 'onstage' to describe actions that are meant to be seen by spectators, not what happens behind the scenes.
As the music started, the magician stepped onstage, ready for his act.
Pro Tip 3/3Live Performances
'Onstage' often implies that the event is happening in real-time, without edits or do-overs.
The actor's emotion was palpable as he delivered the monologue onstage.
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Lies, damned lies and...
To find this out, I looked at three I looked at the topic that you should choose, I looked at how you should deliver it and the visuals onstage. Now, with the There's a whole range of topics you can choose, but you should choose wisely, because your topic strongly correlates
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Emily Nagoski and Amelia...
to use my body as a vehicle for expressing emotion. And it occurred to me that if it was true that I didn't just have those feelings onstage -- I had them all the time, my whole life -- and if that was true, wow, that was a lot of feelings.
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The art of asking PIPE...
and we made an art out of asking people to help us and join us, and I would track down local musicians and artists and they would set up outside of our shows, and they would pass the hat, and then they would come in and join us onstage,
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A robot that runs and...
and can be moved very rapidly. The last final important property is this very elastic behavior of the cat limb, so to handle impacts and forces. And this is how we designed Cheetah-Cub. So let's invite Cheetah-Cub onstage.
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The secret to desire in...
But then the second group is even more interesting. I am most drawn to my partner when I see him in the studio, when she is onstage, when he is in his element, when she's doing something she's passionate about,
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Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
And she said they hadn't. She said, when she was just about to walk onstage, the Tele-Directors still were trying to agree on what to do, and so she just walked onstage and did what felt most natural.
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Three ideas. Three...
listen, speak and process new information all at the same time. But onstage, I don't have to think. I prepare my thinks well in advance. I don't have to listen. That is your job.
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The genius puppetry...
Haa haa haaa. Breath is really important for us. It's the kind of original movement for any puppet for us onstage. It's the thing that distinguishes the puppet --
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Why should you read...
the world onstage doesn’t always make sense. It can explore both reality and illusion, the familiar and the strange. And although a tidy narrative still appeals,
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The extraordinary lives...
but we're not done could my trusty assistant come onstage
Video examples
Lies, damned lies and...
To find this out, I looked at three I looked at the topic that you should choose, I looked at how you should deliver it and the visuals onstage. Now, with the There's a whole range of topics you can choose, but you should choose wisely, because your topic strongly correlates
Video examples
Emily Nagoski and Amelia...
to use my body as a vehicle for expressing emotion. And it occurred to me that if it was true that I didn't just have those feelings onstage -- I had them all the time, my whole life -- and if that was true, wow, that was a lot of feelings.
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The art of asking PIPE...
and we made an art out of asking people to help us and join us, and I would track down local musicians and artists and they would set up outside of our shows, and they would pass the hat, and then they would come in and join us onstage,
Video examples
A robot that runs and...
and can be moved very rapidly. The last final important property is this very elastic behavior of the cat limb, so to handle impacts and forces. And this is how we designed Cheetah-Cub. So let's invite Cheetah-Cub onstage.
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The secret to desire in...
But then the second group is even more interesting. I am most drawn to my partner when I see him in the studio, when she is onstage, when he is in his element, when she's doing something she's passionate about,
Video examples
Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
And she said they hadn't. She said, when she was just about to walk onstage, the Tele-Directors still were trying to agree on what to do, and so she just walked onstage and did what felt most natural.
Video examples
Three ideas. Three...
listen, speak and process new information all at the same time. But onstage, I don't have to think. I prepare my thinks well in advance. I don't have to listen. That is your job.
Video examples
The genius puppetry...
Haa haa haaa. Breath is really important for us. It's the kind of original movement for any puppet for us onstage. It's the thing that distinguishes the puppet --
Video examples
Why should you read...
the world onstage doesn’t always make sense. It can explore both reality and illusion, the familiar and the strange. And although a tidy narrative still appeals,
Video examples
The extraordinary lives...
but we're not done could my trusty assistant come onstage
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jamie Campbell Bower
English Actor
Being able to do lead roles in pictures or onstage or whatever it is that you're doing in acting is obviously what you strive for because you want to better yourself as an actor and you want to better yourself as a person as well. But that does come with a lot of responsibility and a great deal of weight.
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Fantasia Barrino
American Musician
I was very insecure growing up, and even though I'm not that girl anymore, I think that the passion, that not feeling pretty and being insecure, is where my soul came from. And from early childhood, I let it free onstage.
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Hal Linden
American Actor
I challenge myself everywhere, onstage, on the golf course. Hey, isn't that the point of it all? To keep getting better? Otherwise why do it?
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Freddie Mercury
British Singer
In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.
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Harland Williams
Canadian Actor
I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.
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Alec Baldwin
American Actor
When I get onstage in a play, I feel very safe, very protected, very fulfilled.
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James Callis
English Actor
I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life.
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Harry Styles
English Musician
I meditate and pray before going onstage - it helps me focus.
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Britney Spears
American Singer
Onstage I'm the happiest person in the world.
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Anna Friel
English Actress
I've never been onstage in my life.
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Jamie Campbell Bower
English Actor
Being able to do lead roles in pictures or onstage or whatever it is that you're doing in acting is obviously what you strive for because you want to better yourself as an actor and you want to better yourself as a person as well. But that does come with a lot of responsibility and a great deal of weight.
Quote examples
Fantasia Barrino
American Musician
I was very insecure growing up, and even though I'm not that girl anymore, I think that the passion, that not feeling pretty and being insecure, is where my soul came from. And from early childhood, I let it free onstage.
Quote examples
Hal Linden
American Actor
I challenge myself everywhere, onstage, on the golf course. Hey, isn't that the point of it all? To keep getting better? Otherwise why do it?
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Freddie Mercury
British Singer
In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.
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Harland Williams
Canadian Actor
I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.
Quote examples
Alec Baldwin
American Actor
When I get onstage in a play, I feel very safe, very protected, very fulfilled.
Quote examples
James Callis
English Actor
I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life.
Quote examples
Harry Styles
English Musician
I meditate and pray before going onstage - it helps me focus.
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Britney Spears
American Singer
Onstage I'm the happiest person in the world.
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Anna Friel
English Actress
I've never been onstage in my life.
Example 1 of 10
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