backstage pass

Performer meeting permit

A backstage pass grants access to restricted areas behind a performance venue's stage—dressing rooms, green rooms, and other spaces normally off-limits to the general public.

These passes let holders meet performers or observe preparations: She scored a backstage pass to meet the band after the show.

Figuratively, a backstage pass suggests privileged insider access: His connections gave him a backstage pass to Washington politics.

Opposites
access level

backstage passnosebleed seats

Highest, cheapest venue seating

standing room only · cheap seats · restricted access · general admission · obstructed view

insider vs outsider status

backstage passoutsider

One excluded from group

face in the crowd · nobody · velvet rope · exclusion

insider vs. outsider status

backstage passno access

Entry is prohibited

barred from entry · locked out

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G