up-stage

I think GB GoB was subconciously thinking he would up-stage the Pope - that's how crazy GoB's mind works.

Memory Lane Day Glyn Davies 2008

Or, if according to your 'last minute addition of Bill coming', was his induction into the Voting Rights Hall of Fame a negotiated deal by the Hil campaign to up-stage Obama?

UPDATE: A bridge and a tightrope. - Swampland - TIME.com 2007

"There is a beauty contest going on over there, and in the rush to up-stage each other they are prepared to trample underfoot the legitimacy of Parliament; to slander the Public Protector; to call into question the Speaker's impartiality; to by-pass and undercut parliamentary processes; in short, to play brinkmanship with the very democracy we are trying to foster," Cronin said.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

Going toward the back wall is moving up-stage or back-stage.

The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession Ned Wayburn

The front of the players 'cart is seen protruding up-stage left.

Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes Michael Strange

The squire, satisfactory in plus-fours and a good clean make-up, was in his right position up-stage, with a telegram in his hand.

Overture to Death Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1939

It had looked so posh and up-stage before she washed it, but look at it now!

The Port of London Murders Bell, Josephine, 1897-1987 1938

I don't mind a girl's having a brain if she doesn't act up-stage about it - and Miss Morrow never does.

The Black Camel Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933 1929

The leading lady came to the end of her refrain, and the gentlemen of the ensemble, who had been hanging about up-stage, began to curvet nimbly down towards her in a double line; the new arrival, with an eye on his nearest neighbour, endeavouring to curvet as nimbly as the others.

Jill the Reckless 1928

So the Duchess, abandoning that aristocratic manner criticized by some of her colleagues as "up-stage" and by others as "Ritz-y," sat in her chair and consumed pocket-handkerchiefs as fast as they were offered to her.

Jill the Reckless 1928