New York Stagehand Glossary
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Term of the Day--on life support
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on life support --when a show is losing money and ticket sales are going below the weekly nut (their operating expenses), the show is on lif...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Pugilistic Term of the Day: one-punch artist
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one-punch artist-- a stagehand who can knock another stagehand down with one punch. There is a very famous story behind this one, involving...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Expression of the Day: laid and paid
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laid and paid --happy stagehand, or a usually mopey stagehand who shows a brief moment of happiness. "It looks like he just got laid an...
Monday, August 3, 2015
Gold-Digging Term of the Moment--annuity-buster
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annuity-buster -- a showgirl, or any person who gets a chunk of your annuity after the divorce. After the divorce, the ex-wife gets half you...
Famous Stagehands in History #1: Edmund Spangler
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Edmund Spangler was a carpenter at the Ford Theatre in Washington, D.C., working there on the night of April 14, 1865 when John Wilkes Boot...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Term of the Day: stagehand torture device
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stagehand torture device --badly designed prop or piece of scenery that is handled by a stagehand that may cause an ongoing or permanent inj...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Term of the Day: a haircut
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a haircut --when you cut the top off a prop or a small piece of scenery, so it can be accommodated backstage. "We had to give the bookc...
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