New York Stagehand Glossary

  adult daycare -- when an older boss comes to work every day, but delegates everything to his/her assistants, not working him/herself, usin...

  Worried Stagehand: "Why have you stopped hiring me?" Head: "I got sick of the bomb-throwing and the shit-stirring. I think ...

"no tools, no hardware, no interpersonal skills, no dignity" --a Broadway production carpenter famous for coming to the theater em...

 a bomb thrower --stagehand who intentionally says provocative things, to stir the shit. Often collapses when confronted with their bullshit...

  bird-dog someone --to harass a coworker, usually maliciously.

the Disappearing Stagehand --a stagehand who constantly disappears during the workday. "A friend recommended a young stagehand. He was ...

manna from the heavens-- an unexpected job. From the Old Testament reference. "My show closed and I had no prospects. The sudden openi...