Term of the Day: cabal of amateurs

cabal of amateurs--when the whole production team does not have Broadway experience, and approaches their Broadway debut with a stew of arrogance, insecurities and sometimes grave incompetence, as well as a gross ignorance of Broadway work rules. "When the production team from from the Public Theatre came to do their Broadway transfer, they were soon labeled as a cabal of amateurs." see also: amateur hour