continuity call n.— «One of the work rules that management is eager to change involves what is known as the continuity call. A continuity call happens when the stagehands who are working on a running show are called for an hour’s work...
stunt casting n.— «Stunt casting—as it is called (when producers bring into celebrities from other arenas to help beef up the box-office of aging shows)—is becoming commonplace on Broadway. It has been the key to the winning formula of...
dope opera n.— «Still, musicals and might-as-well-be musicals like “Pulp Fiction” (you could call it a dope opera) have been kind to him ever since the early 1970s, when he made his stage breakthrough as a replacement Doody in the...