upstage

upstage
    adv 1: at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were
           directed to move upstage" [ant: {downstage}]
    adj 1: of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage
           chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
           [ant: {downstage}]
    2: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
       distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" [syn:
       {aloof}, {distant}, {upstage}]
    n 1: the rear part of the stage
    v 1: treat snobbishly, put in one's place
    2: move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the
       audience
    3: steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone
       else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the
       actress"
    

63 Moby Thesaurus words for "upstage":
      DR, act, act as foil, appear, arrogant, backstage, barnstorm,
      before an audience, before the footlights, behind the scenes, big,
      cold-shoulder, come out, condescending, domineering, down left,
      down right, downstage, emote, emotionalize, get top billing,
      haughty, high-faluting, high-flown, high-hat, high-headed,
      high-nosed, hoity-toity, in the limelight, lofty, mime,
      not receive, off stage, on the stage, onstage, overbearing,
      pantomime, patronizing, patter, perform, play, play the lead,
      playact, proud, purse-proud, rebuff, register, repulse, sketch,
      snub, star, steal the show, stooge, stuck-up, superior, toplofty,
      tread the boards, troupe, turn away from, up left, uppish, uppity,
      upright