Term of the Day: they're not done flogging us

they're not done flogging us-- no end to the work calls during the production period. While doing production on a Broadway show, there is a seemingly endless period of 8am work calls. During the production period of the unsuccessful 2016 musical "Shuffle Along," the crew worked for 33 days straight, with many 8am calls.

Term of the Day: "somebody's got a tax shelter"

 "somebody's got a tax shelter"--when the producers are spending money hand over fist on a show that is destined to bomb, some wag might say,  "Somebody's got a tax shelter."

Term of the Night: lush roller

lush roller--a petty criminal who specializes in robbing drunks passed out on the subway. It is a lost art, where the robber cuts a U-shaped hole in the front pocket of the passed-out drunk and pulls the wallet out. This happened to a famously drunk stagehand in the last few years on the subway going out to Queens.A man is his early eighties was arrested for lush rolling last year.

Term of the Night: whipping chain

whipping chain--when short bits of chain are wrapped around the wheels of heavy items like Knack boxes, road boxes, electric boxes and dollies full of lumber to prevent them from rolling off the sidewalk or down a loading ramp. Experienced stagehands can whip the chain in one quick motion, wrapping the chain around the wheels and stopping the boxes from rolling.

Term of the Night: an out-to-pasture head

an out-to-pasture head--a head who has stayed beyond their expiration date, is physically or emotionally incapable of doing their job, or abdicates the decision making and hiring to underlings.

Term of the Day: elder tantrum

elder tantrum--sudden, usually inappropriate bursts of anger from older stagehands, set in their ways.

Term of the Day: a vista scene change

a vista scene change-- scene change in view of the audience. "The flying out of the 32,000 pound mansion unit during 'Sunset Boulevard' was one of the greatest a vista scene changes I have ever seen."