New York Stagehand Glossary
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Overheard Stagehand Dialogue #48: "Get my name out of your fucking mouth"
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Head #1: (Tantruming) "Get my name out of your fucking mouth." Head #2: (Warm, sadistic smile) "Your shitty name stays in m...
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Term of the Day: rope line
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rope line --barricade outside a stage door that allows fans to ask for autographs from a Broadway actor while providing a measure of crowd c...
Friday, November 22, 2024
Term of the Day: rank smell of self pity
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rank smell of self pity -- when self pity lurks beneath the rage and violence. "During one of old carpenter's screaming tantrums o...
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Term of the Day: a trouser role
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a trouser role --where an actress is dressed in male clothes and plays a male character. Also known as a pants role or a breeches role. Oft...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Overheard Stagehand Line #45: twisting the knife
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"I didn't stab that nasty old carpenter in the back, but the next time I see him, I will gladly twist the knife."
Term of the Day: "...the gayest tribute: a Broadway musical!"
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"Tammy Faye Bakker...is getting the gayest tribute a person can have: a Broadway musical!" New York Times , November 19, 2024. A ...
Monday, November 18, 2024
Term of the Day: mean girls on Broadway
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mean girls on Broadway -- life never transcends high school. There is a middle-aged woman stagehand who routinely attacks other women and yo...
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