stage wings
Actors' concealed exits
The stage wings are the areas on either side of a theater stage, hidden from the audience by curtains or scenery.
Actors wait in the wings before making their entrances: She stood in the wings, nervously rehearsing her lines.
Figuratively, to be waiting in the wings is to be ready to step into a role or position when the opportunity arises.
- curtainFabric hung for privacy
- curtain callPost-show audience acknowledgment
- offstageOut of audience view
- entrancePoint of access
- exitWay to leave
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- set designset construction, set design, set dressing, set decoration, set pieces
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- wingswingbeat, wingtip, flight feather, pinion, feather
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Position of maximum attention
main stage · apron · proscenium · forestage · thrust
stage wingsonstage
Before the audience
in the limelight · front and center · spotlight · in the spotlight · in full view
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