New York Stagehand Glossary

to sweat someone --to pursue someone relentlessly, in looking for work or in love. "The young stagehand kept sweating the older head, ...

Dr. Nice --famously nasty head, who often terrorized his men. He was the  curator of  Schindler's List.

throwing out the "On Golden Pond" set --When"On Golden Pond" with James Earl Jones closed suddenly after the elderly sta...

spreading the wealth around --when a head deliberately gives calls to multiple stagehands to make sure people have work. Or some heads don...

phantom production --a fake Broadway show. A theater agent named Roland Scahill was convicted in August 2016 of defrauding investors of $165...

The "It's Over" Meeting --the load-out meeting. When an actress at a recent show of mine saw the production crew and house hea...

rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic --making changes on a doomed play or musical that have no impact. See also: "Might as well throw...