Metacritic reviews

Naturally there's plenty of adolescent drama both on stage and off, and if the film ultimately feels a little thin, that's also to be expected.

The problem is, Shiva found so many inspirational moments that she wasn't able to edit them into proper focus. As a result, the movie jumps from scene to scene, too scattered to make a strong connection with anything, or anyone, in particular.

By turns comical and compassionate.

Shiva has a sensitive eye for rarefied outcasts.

For a documentary about drama and all those who love it, director Alexandra Shiva's lukewarm study displays very little of it.

Stagedoor features unremarkable rehearsal footage (exhibitionists make poor subjects for vérité documentaries) and thoughtful but unsurprising interviews with camp counselors and parents.

Stagedoor is like leafing through a collection of snapshots assembled with few captions and no text.

A sloppy and only mildly engaging documentary.