New York Stagehand Glossary

"shove with love": to push an undertrained or hesitant actor onstage.   During a recent performance of a show I am working on, a n...

"puddle the dress": to carefully arrange a dress on the floor so an actress can step into it during a quick change. The dress is ...

pit étiquette:  the way musicians behave in the pit. Good etiquette is mostly a list of don'ts--Don't make constant inane comments t...

Stro-Magic: the prop heavy, often fantastical choreography of Susan Stroman, the choreographer of "The Producers" and director-ch...

flop sweat: when producers start to freak out during production or previews that they may have a flop on their hands, so the creatives are ...

to sandbag (someone) : to set a stagehand up for a dressing down in front of other people. To ambush a person, then to verbally abuse them, ...

"the nut": operating costs for a show. the weekly running costs, including cast and crew salaries, administrative expenses, renta...