Crossword clues for backstage
The Collaborative International Dictionary
backstage \back"stage\ n. (theater) the area on the stage out of sight of the audience.
Syn: wing, wings, offstage.
backstage \backs"tage\ adj. concealed from the public; in private.
Syn: behind the scenes. [WordNet 1.5]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage. 2 secret, concealed from the public. adv. 1 Towards the area behind the stage. 2 Out of view of the public. n. 1 The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms. 2 The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
WordNet
adj. concealed from the public
n. a stage area out of sight of the audience [syn: wing, offstage]
adv. out of view of the public; behind the scenes; "Working backstage to gain political support for his proposal"; "many private deals were made backstage at the convention"
in or to a backstage area of a theater; "costumes were changed backstage"
Wikipedia
Backstage may refer to:
- The backstage part of a theatre, motion picture or television production.
Backstage (aka Back Stage) is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting, job opportunities, and career advice.
Backstage publishes a print-edition magazine in the U.S. (''Backstage, also available as a digital-edition PDF publication) and a periodic digest-sized resource directory (Call Sheet'') that cover the entertainment industry from the perspective of performers (singers, dancers, comedians, models, etc.), the performance unions ( SAG-AFTRA, Actors' Equity Association, AGVA, AGMA, the American Federation of Musicians, etc.), casting directors, agents, writers, directors, filmmakers, and, in particular, actors.
Backstage also publishes related newsletters, along with running multiple websites, including Backstage.com, The Backstage Message Boards, and Audition Update.
Backstage is the fifth album by American singer-actress Cher, released in July 1968 by Imperial Records. This album was her first commercial failure, failed to chart. The album is by-and-large a covers album.
Backstage is a 1988 Australian film starring American singer Laura Branigan. The film was written and directed by Academy Award nominee Jonathan Hardy, who had also written Breaker Morant.
Backstage is a 2000 documentary film directed by Chris Fiore, chronicling the 1999 Hard Knock Life Tour that featured several of hip hops top acts including Jay-Z, DMX, Method Man and Redman. Produced by Damon Dash, Backstage featured live performances by several members of Def Jam's roster and gave an in-depth look at what happened backstage.
Backstage is a French film directed by Emmanuelle Bercot, released in 2005. It was screened in the Official Selection (Out of Competition) category of the 62nd Venice International Film Festival.
Backstage is a South African youth-targeted soap opera produced by Bottom Line Productions. The story is set at the finction Vulindlela College, a performing arts college for youth in Johannesburg. The series originally aired on e.tv from 1 May 2000 to 6 July 2007, airing on weekday evenings at 18:30. The show was later cancelled and aired its last broadcast on 6 July 2007. A rebroadcast of Backstage premiered on e.tv on 5 January 2009, at 16:40.
Backstage is a Canadian teen drama series, which has been commissioned by DHX Media. It is created and produced by Fresh TV. The series premiered on Family Channel in Canada on March 18, 2016, and on Disney Channel in the United States on March 25, 2016.
Usage examples of "backstage".
Bill vanished backstage and the lights brightened as Bobbi stepped up to a microphone near the Melodians so she could get her cue from Ted.
I wondered if he was going to give her a tour of the renovated backstage or give her the business.
Another door and I was in the backstage area, fighting my way through a pack of sweating, chattering chorus girls.
I called the club but Bobbi was already backstage busy preparing for the show.
I won two hands and lost two, tipped him, and continued on to the backstage area just as the teacup number came to an end.
Bobbi emerged from someplace backstage and all but skipped right toward us.
Jim Waters returned from his backstage travels and I introduced him around the table.
I took the opportunity to get an early start toward the backstage area.
From here we were closer to the backstage rest rooms than the ones out front.
To have five or six different acts on the bill was not unusual in those days so they spent a great deal of time sitting around backstage with the other acts, waiting to go on.
Then she came backstage afterwards and so we all immediately tried to pull her.
We played the Moss Empire circuit a lot, and there were always these nice big empty backstage areas.
Cilla Black was getting her first TV show with a guy called Michael Hurll and they came to see me backstage somewhere and asked me, would I write the theme tune for it, so I said yes.
Paul had run into his old friend Bruce Welch, the rhythm guitarist with the Shadows, backstage at a Cliff Richard concert at the Talk of the Town and told him he was looking for somewhere to go for a short holiday.
Boyle backstage in that dressing room, you think he was trying to kill Manning?