Expression of the Day: "If that shows goes under $200,000 again..."

"If that shows goes under $200,000 again, the theater owners are going to take it out to the alley and shoot it in the head."

Old Road Expression: "If you don't know who the asshole is..."

 "If you don't know who the asshole is, it's you!"

Overheard Stagehand Dialogue #25: "He's called The Felon around The Square"

Stagehand #1: Where are you working now?

Stagehand #2: "I got on at 'Paradise Square.'"

Stagehand #1: "Do you know about the criminal record of the lead producer Garth Drabinsky?"

Stagehand #2: "He's called The Felon around The Square"

Term of the Day: Mirror Ball Man

Mirror Ball Man--a Broadway carpenter fired for a mirror ball that crashed to the deck. "Under his watch, the carpenter allowed a badly rigged mirror ball to be suspended above the deck. He was fired after it crashed to the stage. Mirror Ball Man wound up getting another job."

Term of the Day: stage dooring

stage dooring--going to the stage door after shows to collect autographs and to interact with Broadway actors. Severely curtailed nowadays with COVID. "My uncle from Queens was very big into stage dooring. When we went to a show, we had to wait for autographs outside the stage door."

Term of the Day: on the bounce

on the bounce--when a stagehand works at multiple venues, not having a set home like a theater or a TV studio they work at regularly. Often referring to young stagehands. "After my show closed, I was on the bounce for several years, working between several theaters and CBS."

Term of the Day: salt, a salt

salt, a salt, to salt--a loyal union member who is placed on a job site that is trying to unionize, to act as as an agitator for unionization. "The new guy pushing for new members? He's a salt from the union." "The local salted the new venue with several articulate union members to convince non-union workers to sign cards."