--- title: "5 Went Backstage Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Went Backstage quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Went Backstage sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/ella-fitzgerald-13294_apollo_once-when-we-were-playing-at-the-apollo_968547.jpg" --- > [Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/once-when-we-were-playing-at-the-apollo-theater-holiday-was-working-a/) [Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/ella-fitzgerald-13294_apollo_once-when-we-were-playing-at-the-apollo_968547.jpg) > [When I was on 'The View,' I went backstage to Whoopi Goldberg's dressing room, and she told me, 'People are going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josie-totah/when-i-was-on-the-view-i-went-backstage-to-whoopi-goldberg-s-dressing/) [Josie Totah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josie-totah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/josie-totah-13274_dressing-room_when-i-was-on-the-view-i-went-backstage_1575060.jpg) > [We heard about people who went backstage at dog shows with scissors and cut parts of a poodle's hair off to sabotage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-guest/we-heard-about-people-who-went-backstage-at-dog-shows-with-scissors/) [Christopher Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-guest/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/christopher-guest-4803_backstage_we-heard-about-people-who-went-backstage_1795112.jpg) > [A couple of years ago, I went to see a production of Wicked in San Francisco with a friend of mine, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/a-couple-of-years-ago-i-went-to-see-a-production-of-wicked-in-san/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/brent-spiner-2999_backstage_a-couple-of-years-ago-i-went-to-see-a-pr_2007458.jpg) > [Recently, I went up to Casino Rama to see Martin Short's show, just to see how he put it all together. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trish-stratus/recently-i-went-up-to-casino-rama-to-see-martin-short-s-show-just-to/) [Trish Stratus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trish-stratus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/589/trish-stratus-23745_backstage_recently-i-went-up-to-casino-rama-to-see_2479933.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/went-backstage/#itemlist", "name": "Went Backstage Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of us went over between shows to catch her, and afterwards we went backstage. 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