post-Tony shakeout--when shows that do not win Tony Awards close soon after the
Tonys broadcast. Fragile shows are often vulnerable if they don't win, so
producers may pull the plug.
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- Term of the Day: "He had handles on his back"
- Tem of the Day: good soldier
- Tool of the Day: ginsu
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- Term of the Day: clown hammer
- Term of the Day: Chicken Little
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- Expression of the Day: "I don't know. I'm not paid...
- Term of the Night: bird-dog someone
- Term of the Day: proud of his temper
- Term of the Day: "I don't know. I'm not paid to know"
- Term of the Day: "I'll turn you into a hood orname...
- Term of the Day: Hollywood sober
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- Term of the Day: Happy Valley
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- Term of the Day: get it on the load out
- Term of the Day: garden-variety asshole
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- Term of the Day: dinner theater
- Term of the Day: dim the lights on Broadway
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- Term of the Day: animal
- Term of the Day: anecdotage
- Term of the Day: And what, quit show business?
- Term of the Day: 20-foot rule
- Term of the Night: constant panic mode
- Term of the Day: crash-and-burn
- Term of the Day: collateral damage
- Term of the Day: chewing the scenery
- Term of the Night: "clear for talent"
- Term of the Day: can’t get arrested
- From the Pit: "You took the gig--shut up and play"
- The Limits of Hospitality: "You're welcome as a gu...
- Term of the Day: "You're killing me"
- Term of the Day: jumping the shark
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- Term of the Night: soft hands
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- Term of the Night: sins of the father
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- Smart-Ass Line of the Night: pull it out of my ass
- Advice of the Night: "You can tell the stories, ju...
- Term of the Night: paper
- Pugilistic Term of the Night: one-punch artist
- Term of the Night: (to be) elevated
- Term of the Day: dry waterboarding
- Term of the Day: conversational headlock
- Term of the Night: cheap it out
- Term of the Night: catch of the day
- Term of the Night: “Watch your cruller”
- Term of the Day: working my last good nerve
- Term of the Day: producer pep talk
- Term of the Day: post-Tony shakeout
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- Term of the Day: give 'em the hook
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- Term of the Day: “Can’t we all get along?”
- Term of the Day: brick in the wall
- Term of the Day: bouncing around
- Term of the Day: box-office poison
- Term of the Day: battlefield conditions
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- Expression of the Day: "An actress wouldn't piss o...
- Term of the Day: Broadway schadenfreude
- Term of the Day: above my pay grade
- Overheard Stagehand Line #12: "If the head is carr...
- Term of the Day: "Time to make the donuts"
- Term of the Day: scuttlebutt
- Term of the Day: conniption fit
- Term of the Night: the wheels are coming off this bus
- Term of the Day: a bone crusher
- Term of the Day: shake the trees
- Term of the Day: a runner
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- Dylan Foley
- (The photo above is very old.) I presently carry out author interviews for the website LitHub.com, but before that I worked as a book columnist for the Newark Star-Ledger from January 2002 to June 2012. I have written for the New York Observer, the New York Post, the Denver Post and other newspapers.
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