New York Stagehand Glossary

seat warmer (noun): a sub who holds the place for an 802 musician who goes off to play another gig. Similar to a stiff, but seat warmers ca...

Intel (noun): Intelligence whether a show is going to run or not. "Do you have any intel on whether we are going to survive January an...

Captain Panic-- a good nickname for a stagehand or stage manager who panics when there is disaster and mayhem backstage...when units are cra...

get it on the load out-- when a prop, a flashlight or an important piece of hardware rolls under the show deck, it is often impossible to re...

Hard-soft rule: a rule on the books by theater owners that is mostly ignored and only enforced when advantageous or useful to them.

fake nice guy: often a TV segment producer, a roadman or a tech, who will be chummy until they freak out or throw you under the bus. Some p...

rowing the boat (verb): an old vaudeville bit, where a performer will pull himself across the stage with a cane while on one knee while sin...