New York Stagehand Glossary

salt, a salt, to salt-- a   loyal union member who is placed on a job site that is trying to unionize, to act as as an agitator for unioniza...

loading in poor --when the production is underfunded, from the beginning, they are cheap and try to cut corners. Usually results in a negati...

 "Scott Rudin with a maple syrup flavor" --Canadian ex-felon and producer Garth Drabinsky. After being indicted in 1999 for stock ...

button -- a musical theater term for the bump at the end of a song that lets you know it’s okay to applaud. Usually a light cue, linked to a...

90-day guy --stagehands who test positive and quarantine on Broadway are then given a card by the theater chains so they don't have to C...

a rando --a random person, as a pejorative. A person from out of nowhere. "I can't understand the carpenter's hiring. He hires ...

"Hell's Propman has finally retired, going back down to the fiery pits. I heard the company had to hire an exorcist to get the smel...