Term of the Day: "Happy Trails"

"Happy Trails"--the Roy Rogers song that the company will sing when an actor leaves a Broadway show.

Actor Quip of the Day: "I nailed it in the wings."

"I nailed it in the wings"--when an actor, particularly an actor just learning a role, blows a line, he or she may say, "I nailed it in the wings," meaning he or she got the line right before they went on, then blew it onstage.

Term of the Moment: showstopper

showstopper: a rousing high-energy dance number or solo that literally stops the show with the volume of applause. Or a major mechanical screw up or crew member mistake that literally forces the show to stop until the error is corrected. In the most extreme versions, the house curtain is brought in and the SM makes an announcement along the lines of "There will be a short delay."

Term of the Day: story on the street

story on the street: major screw up or questionable decision at a show that gets picked up in the stagehand rumor mill on Broadway, becoming part of stagehand legend. "Let us talk to the business agent so this automation decision doesn't become a story on the street."

Term of the Day: showmance

showmance (n.)--when two company members, be they cast, crew or musicians, become romantically and/or physically involved. Often happens on long-running shows.

Historical Term of the Day: Martini Beck

Martini Beck: an archaic nickname for the Martin Beck, the former name of the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, a Broadway theater located on 45th Street, west of 8th Avenue. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, there were some hard-drinking stagehands working there, thus the nickname.