Meaning of stage-door Johnny | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A man who is infatuated with one or more theatrical actresses and who routinely lingers in and around theatres in an effort to meet and form relationships with the female(s) of his affection.
   idiomatic
2. A devoted fan of live theatre and of performing artists, who habitually spends time in and around theatres.
   idiomatic

Examples

“"You went off and married that—whatever that stage-door johnny's name was—and it broke me all up."”

“"One woman met her husband because of the show," he said. "She was in the chorus and he was a stage-door Johnny."”

“There is always some stage-door Johnnie waiting to take out a chorus girl.”

“The stage was my obsession from age 6. . . . By my early teens, I had become so conspicuous a Stage Door Johnny that the manager of the National Theater, Washington's one Broadway tryout house in the pre-Kennedy Center era, took pity on me and hired me as a ticket taker.”

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