Overheard Stagehand line #41:"I only like 10 people"

 Stagehand to Head: "Why don't you ever hire me?"

Head: "I only like 10 people on Broadway and you are not one of them."

Overheard Stagehand Line #49: "I haven't been this hated..."

"I haven't been this hated since third grade"--marveling at the rage and hatred of some older stagehands.

Term of the Day: to go Ghandi on someone

to go Ghandi on someone-- to refuse to do something, to use passive resistance, or maybe passive aggressiveness, to force a change.  "When the contract propman stopped providing the props for the lift rehearsals at half hour, the house head told the extra stagehands to go Ghandi on him and not do the rehearsals, so the contractman had to do them by himself."

Term of the Night: to Marie Kondo your crew

to Marie Kondo your crew--to get rid of your crew, because they don't bring you joy. "That head? When the show ended, he got rid of his crew. He Marie Kondo'ed his crew because they didn't bring him joy." A reference to the Japanese anti-clutter specialist Marie Kondo, who says if your possessions don't bring you joy, get rid of them.

Term of the Day: "Let me think about this for a few minutes"

"Let me think about this for a few minutes" -- code for "I'm going to the alley to call the business agent." When presented with an unsavory ask by the tech, say this to buy the time to go out to the alley to call the business agent.

Overheard Stagehand Dialogue #68: "Tell the tech he went behind the set with a piece of wood."

YOUNG STAGEHAND: "The tech is looking for a particular carpenter. What should I say?

CYNICAL OLD STAGEHAND: "Tell the tech he went behind the set with a piece of wood."

Term of the Day: out-assholing each other

out-assholing each other--when two stagehands ramp up attacks on each other. "At a job once, I was caught between a drunk and a dry drunk. They hated each other and spent all their time trying to out-asshole each other."