New York Stagehand Glossary

Friday, May 24, 2024

Overheard Interdepartmental Dialogue #51: "I give you this gift"

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STAGEHAND (WHOSE DRESSER WIFE IS LEAVING HIM): "You are leaving me and taking the baby???" DRESSER: "Yes, now you can hang o...
Friday, May 17, 2024

Overheard Stagehand Dialogue #50: "My wife doesn't even have my number"

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ANNOYING STAGEHAND LOOKING FOR WORK (TO HEAD): "Here's my number. Can I get your's, so I can text you?" HEAD: "Ooh, s...
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...
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