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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The video shows The X Files star having a conversation with a group of fans at the production’s stage door and asking them to stop repeatedly buying tickets for the show’s front row. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Almost every night, his sister Ariana Grande, then a pre-teen, met him at the stage door. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 29 June 2026 In this sequence, human Lestat is a popular stage actor in Paris, and Magnus is a Perfect Blue-style greasy-haired stalker at the stage door. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 June 2026 Several hours later, even after the last celebrities and VIPs had been dropped off at the Ed Sullivan stage door, fans lingered, not wanting to come to terms with the fact that the show had reached its final day. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stage door

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“Stage door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20door. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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