New York Stagehand Glossary

stay guy-- a stay guy is the stagehand who is kept for overtime while the other stagehands are sent home at the end of the straight-time cal...

Getaway day-- The last day of the load-in, where there may only be one truck to load. If the head is gutsy enough, he or she will let the cr...

to get feathers to give oneself feathers, to give oneself stripes-- Often on a small crew, the loudest and least competent person will try t...

To Wildhorn --So Frank Wildhorn has had another mutilated show on the Broadway boards. "His "Bonnie and Clyde" just went down...

Road Whore: A stagehand who stays on the road, moving from show to show, with no plans to settle in one city. No sexual connotations, shoul...

Regime change : Regime change just doesn't happen in Libya. When a long-time head is fired or abruptly retires, his or her crew may be t...

Stagehand Nap Blankets -- I can sleep on any surface, including the concrete floor of an orchestra pit covered with a cheap fireproofed carp...