New York Stagehand Glossary

Sub City --when the orchestra pit is mostly sub musicians. Sometimes, the result is horrible. "Right after Christmas, the pit was all S...

Gypsy run-through/invited dress --paper is given out to dancers and members of the theatrical community. They clap at everything.

garden-variety asshole --difficult stagehand with no power.

French alteration --placebo alteration for a troublesome actor, calming them down by pretending to fix a costume.

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

broken stud=shovel ...”If you break a stud while working on the seats, you are out. You’ll be digging ditches.”

“Call the hall” --calling the replacement room of the union hall, looking for a man to work at that moment.