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Where the magic is assembled, the costumes change, and the illusion politely refuses to face the audience.
means The area behind or beside a stage, hidden from the audience, where performers prepare and crews work the show.
from A plain seventeenth-century stage term, literally the part of the theatre at the back of the playing area, away from view.
Figurative useNow means any hidden, behind-the-scenes workings of anything.
WingsThe side spaces are called wings, not backstage proper.
Pass cultureThe laminated backstage pass became rock's ultimate status symbol.