onstage

alternative on-stage · alternative on stage

1. not comparableOn the part of a stage that is visible to the audience.

alternative on-stage · alternative on stage

1. not comparableTaking place on the part of a stage that is visible to the audience.

   Mr. Kirk sat onstage with his wife Friday night and drove home the weekend’s message.

   2025 June 23, Emma Goldberg, Jake Dockins, “‘Less Burnout, More Babies’: How Conservatives Are Winning Young Women”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Jun 2025

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   The first is a special—a single lighting instrument that lights a particular spot on the stage. Specials generally have no color, or a more saturated color, allowing them to stand out through other lighting onstage.

   2009, Jennifer Bringle, Lighting, page 23

   When Nirvana toured with us in 1991 before Nevermind broke, no one in Europe knew who they were. They were often the first band onstage at festivals, playing amazing shows filmed by Dave Markey, the filmmaker who came along with us to document the tour that later became the film 1991: The Year Punk Broke. The movie had a lot of humorous moments of over-the-top self-indulgence—it was basically a spoof of rockumentaries. Kurt was always funny and fun to be around, and seemed to soak up any kind of personal attention. I felt very big-sisterly, almost maternal, whenever the two of us were together, and it shows in that film.

   2015, Kim Gordon, chapter 30, in Carrie Thornton, editor, Girl in a Band, New York: Dey st., →ISBN, page 179