Term of the Day: bald spots

 bald spots-- when sections of seats are empty in the orchestra or in the mezzanine for a struggling show. The empty seats can appear like a bald spot when the other seats are full with patrons. 'When I peeked out to count the house, there were bald spots in the mezzanine and the orchestra." 

Term of the Day: under water

under water--when a show is losing money,  when it is in the red. When a show is not making its "nut," the amount of money a show needs to make to break even.

Term of the Day: trinas

 trinas--slang for young ballerinas. From the common name for ballerinas, Katrina.

Term of the Day--a money dump

a money dump--an expensively produced flop that may be used by producers as a way to launder profits from other more successful shows. See also: laundromat

Term of the Day: adult colic

adult colic--persistant look of displeasure on someone's face, expressing perpetual discomfort. "That head? She must have adult colic. She's so unpleasant all the time and she always has a peevish and repulsed expression on her face."

Term of the Day: "no church"

"no church"--this project is not fine carpentry, just put up something that works. "When I told the tech I was going to hire Bill, a cabinetmaker, to fix up the dressing rooms, the tech narrowed his eyes and said, "Tell Bill, 'no church,'"meaning that he was not building fine cabinetry for a church, just shelves for a dressing room.

Expression of the Day: to-go bottle

to-go bottle--cheap bottle of liquor, often made of plastic, drunk by Bowery bums and hardcore rummies. "On opening night, the ingenue gave me a cheap plastic bottle of vodka as a gift, a seven-dollar bottle of Polish vodka. What was I supposed to do with a to-go bottle? Drink it on the subway going home?"