Overheard Line #69: "I am sure props invented the wheel...I guarantee it!"

 "I am sure props invented the wheel...I guarantee it!" Theatrical Teamster at a recent loadout making fun of the prop department's reliance on dollies when loading trucks.

Expression of the Night: balls in a jar

balls in a jar-- castration reference, possibly as a response to violent behavior or other serious trouble. "When the theater owners finally put his balls in a jar, the violent old carpenter stopped attacking his co-workers. He retreated to his office and stayed there, watching gun shows and screaming at the TV."

Overheard Stagehand Dialogue #68: "How many years..."

NEW BROADWAY HOUSE HEAD: "You've been a head for 25 years. How many years did it take for you to start going nuts?"

OLD BROADWAY HOUSE HEAD: "What do you mean? Talking to yourself and firing your crew? I'd say about 10 years. Yeah, 10 is a good number."

Term of the Night: there are lots of ears

 there are lots of ears--the walls have ears...Be careful what you say in the theater, people are listening.

Term of the Day: gilding the turd

gilding the turd-- throwing good money away by trying to improve something that is worthless. Excessive amounts of labor and materials used to fix a prop or scenery that may not benefit from the attention. "The contract propman had me on construction to rehash an IKEA table. It was gilding the turd."

Term of the Night: deaf and dumb (D & D)

 deaf and dumb (D & D)-- an old longshoreman's term. "He's deaf and dumb, he didn't hear anything and can't say anything about it."

Overheard Line of the Day #67: "I just get off the bus and go where they tell me to go"

YOUNG POPULAR STAGEHAND: "I just get off the bus and go where they tell me to go." When a young stagehand, who is always working, has no agency over the venues he/she works in, and doesn't care. He/she follows the orders of the heads who hire them.