upstage - noun

the rear part of the stage

upstage - verb

• treat snobbishly, put in one's place
• move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
• steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else

upstage - adjective

• of the back half of a stage
• remote in manner

upstage - adverb

• at or toward the rear of the stage

upstage - thesaurus

aloof   distant