Overheard Stagehand Dialogue #68: "Tell the tech he went behind the set with a piece of wood."

YOUNG STAGEHAND: "The tech is looking for a particular carpenter. What should I say?

CYNICAL OLD STAGEHAND: "Tell the tech he went behind the set with a piece of wood."

Overheard Stagehand Line #64: "I don't trust that guy..."

 Famous Tough Head: "I don't trust that guy... he's always smiling."

Term of the Night: production meeting karma

production meeting karma--when difficult production people get flayed alive at post-preview production meetings. "The famously backstabby production stage manager was called out by name at the post-show production meeting and reamed out by an angry director. She experienced some production meeting karma." 

Term of the Night: a park and bark

a park and bark--when a Broadway diva is given a showstopping number but no choreography to go with it, literally standing in one spot and belting out her number.  From the New York Times review of "Chess," November 16, 2025.

Overheard Stagehand Line #65: "making nasty comments in a folksy upstate accent"

Stagehand: "Why don't you hire that guy anymore?"

Head: "I got sick of him making nasty comments in a folksy upstate accent." 

Term of the Day: asshole proof

asshole proof--the ability to work with assholes but to not become one. "I have worked with the nastiest heads and techs on Broadway, including Evil Gene, Hell's Propman and the High Plains Drifter. They are pricks and assholes one and all, but I have found that I always come out with my decency and integrity intact. I guess I am asshole proof."

Overheard Stagehand Dialogue #66: throwing myself a pity party

WHINY HEAD: “The production manager hates me, the company manager hates me and my girlfriend just dumped me.”

OLDER STOIC HEAD: “I’ve never thrown myself a pity party, but I am sure you could teach me how.”