backstage

• POS: Adjective, Adverb
• HYPHEN: back=stage

CIDE DICTIONARY

backstage, n. 

 the area on the stage out of sight of the audience.  [WordNet 1.5]

backstage, adj. 

 concealed from the public; in private.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

backstage, adv. & adj.
--adv.
1 Theatr. out of view of the audience, esp. in the wings or dressing-rooms.
2 not known to the public.
--adj. also that is backstage; concealed.

THESAURUS

backstage

DR, L, R, acting area, apron, apron stage, band shell, bandstand, before an audience, before the footlights, behind the scenes, board, bridge, coulisse, dock, down left, down right, downstage, dressing room, flies, fly floor, fly gallery, forestage, greenroom, grid, gridiron, in the limelight, lightboard, off stage, on the stage, onstage, orchestra, orchestra pit, performing area, pit, proscenium, proscenium stage, shell, stage, stage left, stage right, switchboard, the boards, up left, upright, upstage, wings