How to Use stage door in a Sentence

stage door

noun
  • And thank you to all those who waited my the stage door in the cold (brrrr).
    — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Our stage door was across the street from the box office of the Lycieum.
    — H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Some people avoid the stage door because of health reasons.
    — Dave Quinn, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The stage door lowers and the musical guests open with their first songs.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 Nov. 2025
  • People rush outside to crowd around the stage door, cutting off access to the sidewalk entirely.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 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
  • After getting a picture together at the stage door, the two reunited three years later.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Rousouli has been moved by the enthusiasm that greets him at the stage door after each performance, and sees his own journey reflected in the show’s younger fans.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • For the blockbuster’s trio of potential pops, one of the most gratifying things has been hearing the personal stories of fans at the stage door.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Despite days of rehearsals that lead into performances, Ball has continued to meet audiences and fans at the stage door at the end of each night.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • As the crowd continues to cheer, the light from the Al Hirschfield Theatre stage door sparkles off of the phones stretched out to catch even a glimpse of the Houston hottie.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The ghost of actor William Terriss is said to be a resident of the Adelphi Theatre, London, where he was stabbed to death at the stage door.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 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
  • Carell attended the play alongside his wife, SNL alum Nancy Carell, and could be seen greeting fans and hyping up his former costar near the stage door in a video that Fischer shared on Instagram on Friday.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That same love was given to Paytas during her bows at curtain call and at the stage door after the show, where the internet sensation — who has amassed over 20 million fans and 2 billion views on YouTube — signed autographs and posed for photos with eager supporters.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025

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