New York Stagehand Glossary

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?...

North Jersey hillbillies --a father-and-son duo who ran the prop department at Lincoln Center for 30 years, famous for their racism, misogyn...

  a Punch-and-Judy romance -- when two people bicker for the joy of going at each other. "I was surprised that the wardrobe supervisor ...

backstabbing rampage --when a stagehand starts attacking other stagehands in the theater. "When the quirky stagehand feared that he was...

cowboy switch -- when a stunt double is brought into do a dangerous stunt for the star, sometimes seamless, sometimes intentionally obvious....

a mud producer --Broadway producer who get in the details and is involved with the actors, the creatives and the backstage departments. Whil...

"When the old carpenter finally forced the confrontation, it was brutal for the old creep, but I had to teach him that it wasn't La...