New York Stagehand Glossary

(the) usual suspects --stagehands you'd expect to see at a load in, working for a particular head. "At the load in, who did you see...

the fix was in --Things were determined a long time ago. "Even though the heads' jobs for the new Hudson Theatre were listed in the...

schlub(Yiddish) --stupid, useless or unattractive person. "The hall sent me a schlub that kept going out on unauthorized cigarette brea...

"Say anything, tell them nothing" --old Irish saying, good for dealing with shit-stirrers. Do not give any information that is use...

chump change --small amounts of money, often not worth counting or taking a job for. "For the producer Scott Rudin, who produces $250 m...

What's the definition of a friend in Los Angeles? Stabs you in the chest.

slumming --hanging out in a rougher, poorer neighborhood that is not your own, often provoking the resentment of the locals. "When his ...