New York Stagehand Glossary

sides --parts of the script given to actors to be used during an audition. May be given in advance.

a bogie --a civilian who walks into a TV filming, interrupting the shoot.

a Charlie deck --a house deck built by Charlie Rasmussen, the late famous Shubert deck man, who leveled his precise house decks with little ...

 "I only worked there twice...the first time and the last time."

cheese water --the gross water at the bottom of a badly maintained Dumpster, a mixture of water and rotten food.

drank the Kool Aid --to become a True Believer, to work for a difficult outfit and to suspend rational views to follow the company line. ...

 the choice cuts --the best work, like holidays or large blocks of work. "The head gave me a day or two, but the choice cuts , the Chri...