New York Stagehand Glossary

trust-fund stagehand --wealthy person playing at being a Broadway stagehand. "He's a trust-fund stagehand . Watch out for him--too ...

by offer-- when an actor has achieved star status or is a famous character actor, he or she may refuse to audition anymore. The producers h...

showstopper:  a rousing high-energy dance number or solo that literally stops the show with the volume of applause. Or a major mechanical s...

legs --when a head refuses to leave his/her office or is physically incapable of doing so, an assistant will become their legs, going around...

to walk someone in --when a Broadway head with a lot of juice takes a protege and walks them into the office of the theater executive who hi...

drive by --to go to the monthly union meeting to get your card stamped and to vote, staying for less than five minutes. If you don't go ...

  a hit dump--when a juke box musical dumps most of the hits in the second act. From Jesse Green's review of Alicia Keyes' "Hel...