Term of the Day: tor-mentor

 tor-mentor--a stagehand who may help boost your career, but who also tortures you at the same time.

Term of the Day: Shell Answer Man

Shell Answer Man--famously opinionated carpenter, now retired, who had an answer for everything, even if he was wrong. Name taken from the old TV commercials for Shell Oil, which had a character called the Shell Answer Man.

Petty Crimes of the Day: the food thief of NBC

the food thief of NBC-- the famously nasty Outside Prop Head of NBC's flagship talk show, a scion of an old NBC stagehand family, was caught stealing tens of thousands of dollars of food, purchased on the NBC credit card and used for outside food styling photo shoots. She may also have stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars of corporate samples used on the TV show over the course of several years, including expensive make up, electronics and high-end cookware, that she had shipped home. She sold the samples on E-Bay. Taken out of her office by security, she was banned from NBC for life. She will be forever known as "the food thief of NBC."

Overheard Stagehand Line #72: "I can't fix a 40-year-old with an attitude problem"

"When I hire a 22-year old with work issues, like an attitude, a tendency to hide or the refusal to keep their phone in their pocket, I can knock out bad habits and make them into a hard-working stagehand. I can't fix a 40-year-old with an attitude problem or bitterness. The damage is too entrenched. I say 'Godspeed,' and send them back to the hall."

Term of the Day: the vom

 the vom--a vomitorium, an area in the back of the house at the August Wilson Theatre, where inebriated patrons from "Cabaret" were known to vomit. At the latest version of "Cabaret," every patron was given a shot of Jagermeister, and VIP customers are encouraged to buy bottles of champagne, leading to a significant number of vomiting customers. Several elderly patrons were taken out in ambulances due to intoxication during the run.

Stagehand Quote of the Day #74: "Be wary of that carpenter...he has his head up several important Broadway asses."

JADED HEAD: "Be wary of that carpenter...he has his head up several important Broadway asses. Be careful of what you say around him."

Stagehand Quote #70: He desperately needs a hug and I'm not going to give it to him"

STAGEHAND: "Did you just see, the nasty old carpenter kicked a bucket of water over and ran off screaming how his knee was killing him?

CYNICAL HEAD: "That old racist fuck? He desperately needs a hug and I'm not going to give it to him."