Sunday, May 28, 2023

Overheard Line of the Day: "I am not a kindergarten teacher"

I am not a kindergarten teacher. When I find a guy is hiding at 2:30pm, I am not going to come looking for him with a juice box. I'll never hire him again.

Overheard Stagehand Dialogue #40: "They're really cute at that age"

Stagehand #1: "I hate that carpenter. He's a 76-year-old dry-drunk racist, who sits in his office, screaming at the TV."

Stagehand #2: "Oh yeah, they're really cute at that age."


Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Term of the Day: OBC

OBC--a notation in the Playbill, meaning "original Broadway cast" or "original Broadway company."

Term of the Day: EGOT

EGOT--the difficult to achieve set of awards--Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony. The actresses Whoopi Goldberg and Viola Davis has achieved this set, as have Mel Brooks and the turbulent, violent producer Scott Rudin. There are only 18 people is history who have achieved this honor, including Rita Moreno and Robert Lopez (of "Frozen" and "Avenue Q"). Andrew Lloyd Webber didn't complete his EGOT until he received an Emmy in 2018.