Term of the Night: a park and bark

a park and bark--when a Broadway diva is given a showstopping number but no choreography to go with it, literally standing in one spot and belting out her number.  From the New York Times review of "Chess," November 16, 2025.

Overheard Stagehand Line #65: "making nasty comments in a folksy upstate accent"

Stagehand: "Why don't you hire that guy anymore?"

Head: "I got sick of him making nasty comments in a folksy upstate accent."