Term of the Day: too handy

too handy--when a dancer put his or her hands on an indelicate place on another dancer. "The female ensemble member remarked that one of the chorus boys was a bit too handy when they danced together."

Term of the Day: transfer legs

transfer legs--when a show is destined to transfer from a regional theater or off-Broadway to Broadway. "They say 'The Girl from North Country,' the Bob Dylan musical, has transfer legs to go to Broadway."

Term of the Day: laid and paid

laid and paid--happy stagehand, or a usually mopey stagehand who shows a brief moment of happiness. "It looks like he just got laid and paid."

Term of the Day: lawsuit waiting to happen

lawsuit waiting to happen--offensive old carpenter, famous for his lascivious comments and propositions to much younger dancers and dressers. "He's a lawsuit waiting to happen. That carpenter still thinks it's 1950."

Stagehands I have Known #3: Le Miza Bob

Le Miza Bob--a miserable stagehand named Bob, always complaining and sucking the life out of those he works with. A takeoff on the title of the never-ending musical “Le Miz.” In Local #1, we have a Le Miza Bob working Legit and one at Jimmy Fallon’s “Late Show.”

Term of the Day: longitis

longitis--in the case of long-running shows, individual stagehands turn on each other, whole departments stop speaking with each other. See: Phantom

Term of the Day: lurgy

 lurgy--British/Australian slang for an unspecified illness, possibly a fictional illness, that travels around small communities like the backstage of a theater, often referred to as the "dreaded lurgy."