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Meaning: (idiomatic)A man who isinfatuatedwith one or moretheatricalactressesand who routinelylingersin and around theatres in an effort to meet and form relationships with the female(s) of hisaffection.1917,P. G. Wodehouse, “Extricating Young Gussie,”, inThe Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories:"You went off and married that—whatever thatstage-door johnny'sname was—and it broke me all up."1989July 25, Terry Trucco, “A London Accent for 'Anything Goes'”, inNew York Times, retrieved13 January 2012:"One woman met her husband because of the show," he said. "She was in the chorus and he was astage-door Johnny."2009,Rhys Bowen,Tell Me, Pretty Maiden,→ISBN,page95:There is always somestage-door Johnniewaiting to take out a chorus girl.; (idiomatic)Adevotedfanoflivetheatreand ofperformingartists, whohabituallyspends time in and around theatres.1994February 13,Frank Rich, “After 13 Years of Drama and Farce. . . Exit the Critic”, inNew York Times, retrieved13 January 2012:The stage was my obsession from age 6. . . . By my early teens, I had become so conspicuous aStage Door Johnnythat 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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