Saturday, September 27, 2025

Expression of the Day: "A show's not dead until it dies on Broadway"

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"A show's not dead until it dies on Broadway" --a doomed musical may travel the country for years, in workshops and production...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Expression of the Day: a douchebag with a human face

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 a douchebag with a human face --pleasant-seeming person who does horrible things behind your back.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Famous Stagehands in History #2: Barrymore Theatre Carpenter, 1949

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In 1949, Marlon Brando was the toast of Broadway in Tennessee Williams ' " A Streetcar Named Desire " at the Barrymore Theat...
Thursday, September 18, 2025

Term of the Day: pre-resume culture

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pre-resume culture --Resumes still doesn't matter that much in the theaters of Broadway. More often it is your skill set--you can build...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Term of the Day: unmake a bad stagehand

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unmake a bad stagehand -- to cure a young stagehand of bad habits. "That TV commando I got from the hall? She was a nightmare, more obs...
Friday, September 12, 2025

Historic Theater Foods: special won-ton soup to go

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special won-ton soup to go --whiskey in a take-out soup container. China Peace was a Chinese restaurant that ran for decades in Hell's ...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Overheard Stagehand Dialogue #40: "They're really cute at that age"

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Stagehand #1: "I hate that carpenter. He's a 76-year-old dry-drunk racist, who sits in his office, screaming at the TV." Stage...