Historical Conflict of the Day: Scenic Shop Builds v. Real Theater

Scenic Shop Builds v. Real Theater: Often scenery comes into the theater with pieces that don't fit, holes that don't line up and platforms with legs of differing heights. Very often, it is clear that the scenery was not assembled before it was loaded on the truck.

Here are some classic stagehand lines:
"It worked in the shop."...Common despairing line by the shop man sent down to the theater when the scenery doesn't fit or automation doesn't work.
"It's sawzall time!"...when it is clear that the set has to be rehashed. It is a gleeful line, because the carpenters on the rehash are on construction rate.
"Drill 'em out, boys."...the line by the house carpenter when the holes in flats need to be drilled out to line up or to accommodate 3/8" bolts.