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• n  a stage area out of sight of the audience
• a  situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience
  offstage noises
• s  concealed from public view or attention
  offstage political meetings
• r  behind the scenes; not on stage
  the actors were waiting offstage
• r  not in public
  the deal was done offstage

• Keenly aware of her public stature, Tan offstage seems slightly guarded.
• But a little added irony is that an hour after I got offstage that night, I got a call from Dublin saying that the U2 storage space had been flooded.
• Yin and yang are the roles they assume offstage as well, as Xiaolou has an affair with a courtesan (Gong Li, the imperious queen of Chinese cinema) and Dieyi flirts with the satrap .

• wing
• backstage

• onstage

News & Articles

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• OFFSTAGE: Julianne Hough Talks of Blake Shelton Tequila Experience
  ( CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) So ... Blake Shelton , George Strait and Julianne Hough walk on to a bus.
  June 21, 2013 - cmt.com
• OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift: "Those Kids Nailed It"
  ( CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) There is nothing more adorable than a good ol' childhood romance. Not babies. Not puppies. Not even babies playing with puppies.
  June 21, 2013 - cmt.com
• OFFSTAGE: Seventeen Selects Hottest New Singers
  ( CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) When I was 17, I paid close attention to every single thing I read in Seventeen . Like they were the official authority.
  June 20, 2013 - cmt.com

Quotes

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• Daniel Smith in Forbes
  A good actor or musician can get away with some pretty bizarre stuff offstage as long as they keep delivering the goods in their focal profession,Smith said.
• Barack Obama in International Herald Tribune
  I was sitting offstage with (his wife) Michelle, and I ...... said, 'Honey, the reason I'm running for president is I can't be Bruce Springsteen. I can't be Billy Joel,'Obama said.
• Ricky Martin in International Herald Tribune
  My convictions of peace and life go beyond any government and political agenda and as long as I have a voice onstage and offstage, I will always condemn war and those who promulgate it,Martin said about his action in an e-mail statement sent...