Term of the Day--dick dynasty

dick dynasty--when. a nasty head famous for abusing his crew passes on his nastiness to his son or daughter, who then becomes a head and is abusive to their crew, as well. Now there are two generations of nasty heads in the same family. 

Term of the Day: a bookmark

 a bookmark--a stagehand inserted into a job on a temporary basis, possibly to prevent another stagehand from getting the job.

The Monster of Broadway is Back!

The Monster of Broadway is Back! Scott Rudin, the producer of "The Book of Mormon" and "To Kill a Mockingbird," was exiled from Broadway four years ago when it came to light that he had bullied, threatened and thrown things at his assistants, running through literally a thousand people in 10 years. With a semi-fawning, rehabilitative article in the March 28th, 2025 New York Times, Rudin is coming back to Broadway with three straight plays for the 2025-2026 fall-winter season, two of them starring Laurie Metcalf.

Term of the Night: to Marie Kondo your crew

to Marie Kondo your crew--to get rid of your crew, because they don't bring you joy. "That head? When the show ended, he got rid of his crew. He Marie Kondo'ed his crew because they didn't bring him joy." A reference to the Japanese anti-clutter specialist Marie Kondo, who says if your possessions don't bring you joy, get rid of them.

Term of the Day: the Great Local #1 Headcase

the Great Local #1 Headcase--a Broadway head, famous for hiring old timers on his crew, promising them the world, then dumping them. "Be careful of that head-- he's the Great Local #1 Headcase...he'll give you work, but he'll break your heart. You can almost put the screwing on your calendar."

Stagehand Nickname of the Day: Quack Quack

 Quack Quack-- nickname for a stagehand who talk too much. "The 45-year-old apprentice would talk your ear off. The older stagehands started calling him Quack Quack."

Ghost Story of the Day: Mark Ruffalo's Wet Willy from David Belasco

The straight play "Awake and Sing" by Clifford Odets was at the Belasco in  2006. The ghost of the theater owner and impresario David Belasco is known to play benign pranks on visiting actors. Mark Ruffalo played a gangster in the show and as a method actor, when his character went into the bedroom to take a nap, Ruffalo would walk through the set and lay down on a cot outside the set wall.. Of course, the nearby carpenters, Big Al and Little Al,  would harass him. One night, Ruffalo got a wet willy. He brushed the finger away and said, "Big Al, stop it!" No one was there. We believe that the ghost of David Belasco gave Mark Ruffalo a wet willy.