New York Stagehand Glossary
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Term of the Day: Cl-opening
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Cl-opening --when a show opens and then posts notice on or around opening night. "In 2008, at the Circle in the Square Theatre, the sh...
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Term of the Day: Performative rage
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performative rage -- when a tech or head can turn on rage and a torrent of verbal abuse to cow an underling. Often, they turn this rage off...
Monday, September 9, 2024
Expression of the Day: the screwing is inevitable
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the screwing is inevitable --when a stagehand has a reputation of always screwing people over. "I am glad you got a job on that show, b...
Friday, September 6, 2024
"When you become a head, your true personality comes out"
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"She was the nicest contract electrician on Broadway. When she got a house head's job, her whole manner changed. She is now full of...
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Expression of the Night: "Hostile work environments are like toxic mold"
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"Hostile work environments are like toxic mold, very hard to get rid of. Even when the heads change, the abusive environment and tradit...
Term of the Day: second locationing
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second locationing --when stagehands go to a second bar or an after party. A takeoff on a second location film crew and used as a verb. ...
Sunday, September 1, 2024
Term of the night: Theater of Lost Stagehands
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Theater of Lost Stagehands --music venue famed for hiring busted-valise stagehands.
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