Term of the Day: button

button--a musical theater term for the bump at the end of a song that lets you know it’s okay to applaud. Usually a light cue, linked to an instrumental bump.

Term of the Day: 90-day guy

90-day guy--stagehands who test positive and quarantine on Broadway are then given a card by the theater chains so they don't have to Covid test for the next 90 days, for they will likely test positive. They are able to work in the theaters.

Term of the Day: a rando

a rando--a random person, as a pejorative. A person from out of nowhere. "I can't understand the carpenter's hiring. He hires the best riggers on Broadway during load ins, but always throws a rando, like his barber's son, up on the rail with them."

Story of the Day: "Hell's Propman has finally retired..."

"Hell's Propman has finally retired, going back down to the fiery pits. I heard the company had to hire an exorcist to get the smell of sulfur out of the prop room."

Term of the Day: to pop hot

to pop hot--to test positive for COVID-19 and to then be banned from working in the theaters or TV studios for 10 days.

Term of the Day: to bone (someone)

to bone (someone)-- to intentionally or unintentionally screw someone over, to interfere with another person or another department's work.  "The electricians boned both the carpenters and props by having the first and second electric pipes in for the whole work call." To bone is also to have sex.

Term of the Day: feet first

(to go out) feet first-- to resist retirement, to die on the job. "I was very surprised when Bobby Bobby Bobby retired. He had no family, no friends. I was sure he was going to go out feet first." You can also say, as a cowboy parody,  "to die with his/her boots on."