back-cloth star
back-cloth star
An actor or performer who takes the focus of the audience away from the other actors on stage by positioning him- or herself in such a way that the other actors' backs are to the audience. Everyone said after the show that his performance was riveting, but to be honest, I think he's just a back-cloth star. He made it so he was the only one we could ever see!
See also: star
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- cloth
- hiss
- hiss (someone) off (the stage)
- hiss off
- warm someone up
- boo (one) off (the) stage
- boo off the stage
- hoot (one) down
- hoot off the stage
- howl down