New York Stagehand Glossary

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Term of the Day: kissing George M. Cohan

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kissing George M. Cohan -- a rite of passage for new Broadway actors, you kiss the statue of George M. Cohan in Times Square when you get yo...
Sunday, April 14, 2024

Term of the Night: honeypot

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honeypot --a woman used to put other women at ease, or a sex-linked trap. "During his 30-year career of raping and molesting actresses,...

Term of the Day: bad TV habits on Broadway

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bad TV habits on Broadway --when despite the big pay bump of coming to Broadway, a TV commando sticks to her bad TV habits. "Desperate ...
Monday, April 1, 2024

Expression of the Day: Local #1 karma

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Local #1 karma -- where the punishment fits the crime. "After the propman threatened another head in front of a dozen witnesses in fron...

Expression of the Day: swan diving into the tar pits

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swan diving into the tar pits -- after a decade of attacking his fellow stagehands, the Old Turd, a nasty old carpenter, finally assaulted a...
Saturday, March 30, 2024

Term of the Night: sled dog

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sled dog --a stagehand who works furiously, without complaint or question. Will carry any heavy thing offered to him/her and does tasks quic...
Sunday, March 17, 2024

Expression of the Day: stomping on thin ice

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stomping on thin ice --when a stagehand is doing his/her best to destroy himself/herself. Possibility of building on previous self-destructi...
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