stage door
noun
: the door at the back of a theater that is used by actors and the people who work in the theater
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Looking for the stage door to meet the actors after the show?
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Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Are people coming up to you at the ‘Unicorn’ stage door talking about the show?
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Fawning hat aside, Gerber stuck to her de rigueur style when exiting the stage door.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
When the production, just weeks later, transferred to the West End’s Phoenix Theatre, resale tickets were trading for three times their value, with throngs of fans swarming the stage door nightly.
—Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
While many teddy jacket enthusiasts are getting theirs from the likes of Target, H&M, and Zara, Collins pulled out a classic Max Mara crown shearling coat to greet fans waiting eagerly with their playbills at the stage door.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
And thank you to all those who waited my the stage door in the cold (brrrr).
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
The actor, who is currently starring in a production of Barcelona at the Duke of York Theatre in London, made her stage door exit alongside her husband Charlie McDowell in a cozy, post-show look.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
Not too close to Midtown, but not so far as to make for a burdensome commute to the stage door.
—Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 July 2024
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Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Are people coming up to you at the ‘Unicorn’ stage door talking about the show?
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Fawning hat aside, Gerber stuck to her de rigueur style when exiting the stage door.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
When the production, just weeks later, transferred to the West End’s Phoenix Theatre, resale tickets were trading for three times their value, with throngs of fans swarming the stage door nightly.
—Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
While many teddy jacket enthusiasts are getting theirs from the likes of Target, H&M, and Zara, Collins pulled out a classic Max Mara crown shearling coat to greet fans waiting eagerly with their playbills at the stage door.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
And thank you to all those who waited my the stage door in the cold (brrrr).
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
The actor, who is currently starring in a production of Barcelona at the Duke of York Theatre in London, made her stage door exit alongside her husband Charlie McDowell in a cozy, post-show look.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
Not too close to Midtown, but not so far as to make for a burdensome commute to the stage door.
—Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 31 July 2024
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“Stage door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20door. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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