Thursday, December 4, 2025

Overheard Stagehand Line #64: "I don't trust that guy..."

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 Famous Tough Head: "I don't trust that guy... he's always smiling."
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Term of the Night: production meeting karma

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production meeting karma --when difficult production people get flayed alive at post-preview production meetings. "The famously backsta...
Saturday, November 22, 2025

Term of the Night: a park and bark

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a park and bark --when a Broadway diva is given a showstopping number but no choreography to go with it, literally standing in one spot and ...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Overheard Stagehand Line #65: "making nasty comments in a folksy upstate accent"

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Stagehand: "Why don't you hire that guy anymore?" Head: "I got sick of him making nasty comments in a folksy upstate acce...
Monday, November 3, 2025

Overheard Stagehand Dialogue #66: throwing myself a pity party

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WHINY HEAD: “The production manager hates me, the company manager hates me and my girlfriend just dumped me.” OLDER STOIC HEAD: “I’ve never ...
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 or management. Do not give any informati...
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...