stage-door Johnny

stage-door Johnny

A man who spends a lot of time at a theater so as to seek the romantic attention, favor, or company of an actress. Ms. Gabler is such a stunning beauty that she always has some stage-door Johnny or another waiting for her after the curtain falls each night.
See also: johnny
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • knight of the road
  • blister
  • blisterfoot
  • party animal
  • man's man
  • a man's man
  • pifflicated
  • get some tail
  • post on
  • post on (something)
References in periodicals archive
Certainly his luvvie pals, who he toadies up to with the fervour of a stage-door Johnny, fall about at his wonderful wit.
Winner deserves to be Lord Loser
As for his own 'role' as a stage-door Johnny, he said, 'I try not to be forceful and rather than impose myself on the stars I let them come to me.
Stage fan Keith plots his 500th starry night
A diner orders Buffalo wings followed by spotted click, a homemaker washes dishes with a J-cloth and Fairy liquid, a letter-writer addresses envelopes to ME, IN, and MO as well as to Beds, Bucks, and Wilts, a driver in a semi hits a sleeping policeman, a batter grounds out mad then is out Leg before wicket, in each case resuming a fielding position as a backstop or just silly, and a stage-door Johnny decides to knock up an old friend.
Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions: Making Sense of Transatlantic English
And only the saddest stage-door Johnny would get all the in theatrical "jokes".
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POPULAR Nuneaton bus driver Winston Wragg revealed himself as something of a "stage-door Johnny" when he celebrated 30 years with Stagecoach South Midlands.
Busman with all the big names
The always resourceful Jackson delightfully manages to pick the play up and give it a good shake during her brief appearance, playing a former Rockette who married her stage-door Johnny.
Mr. Peters' Connections