onstage

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onto or on a stage so the people watching can see:

The audience cheered as the band walked onstage for another encore.

I was terrified the first time I got up on-stage.

What's it like when people throw their underwear at you on stage?

(of a performer, actor, etc.) when acting in a play or film, etc., or taking part in some other kind of performance, rather than in real life:

He's very mild-mannered in real life but onstage, he's crazy.

The characters have to remain "chic" at all times, something they have found easier on-stage than off it.

happening on the stage, so the people watching can see:

Have there been any difficult onstage moments?

An on-stage accident badly injured one of the dancers.

The dancers' partners were said to be jealous of the couple's onstage sexual chemistry.

Her shyness is quite at odds with her on-stage demeanour.

on the stage of a theater or other place where people are performing:

Rock stars usually show up onstage looking just the way you want them to.