Thursday, October 16, 2025

Term of the Night: "Say anything, tell them nothing"

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"Say anything, tell them nothing" --old Irish saying, good for dealing with shit-stirrers. Do not give any information that is use...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Overheard Stagehand Dialogue #32: "business or personal?"

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Young Stagehand: "When you threw that violent carpenter under the bus, was it business or personal?" Older Stagehand: (taking a co...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Legendary Stagehands #3: Tommy A-Flat

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Tommy A-Flat -a stagehand who once fell into an orchestra pit, I believe at the State Theatre, crushed a cello and survived with minor injur...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Stagehand Dialogue #31: "...make sure he's dead..."

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Young Stagehand: "When that tech dies, are you going to his wake?" Old Stagehand: "Of course. I have to make sure he's de...
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Term of the Day--a dog show

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a dog show --a doomed show put in a Broadway theater by ambitious producers. Dog shows are usually put in dog houses , which are Broadway t...
Thursday, October 2, 2025

Overheard Stagehand Dialogue #36: "less than nothing"

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Stagehand #1: "That old carpenter? He stays in his room watching gun shows and screaming at the TV." Stagehand #2: "Yeah, it ...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Expression of the Day: "no mopes, no shirks, no jerks"

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 "no mopes, no shirks, no jerks" -- "My hiring philosophy is easy to remember--n o mopes, no shirks, no jerks ."