Man and woman on stage (7)
I believe the answer is:
stephen
'man' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'woman on stage' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'hen'.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'stage' becomes 'step' (I've seen this before).
'hen' after 'step' is 'STEPHEN'.
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for stephen that I've seen before include "Old king" , "Male" , "Man" , "He's commemorated on December 26th" , "First Christian martyr" .)