New York Stagehand Glossary

koo koo bird --young, scattered actor or actress.

"You can't break iron" --When asked how he was recovering from an injury incurred when somebody pushed a roadbox on him, the s...

bust a move --to start a project, to change a job. Or a dance move. "Break's over. Let us bust a move and store the dead orchestra ...

Broadway hungry --when a stagehand tries hard to get work on Broadway, after coming from the TV studios or the industrial world, where the p...

scut work, scut job --tedious, dirty work, often given to the youngest stagehand on the crew. "The young stagehand was given the scut j...

my hook, hook --the stagehand who pulls you into a job or  theater, often the head; a contact, a contact who gives you work. Can be used a...

blow someone up --to attack another stagehand's reputation