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...
stagger n.— «Myself, I go to the run-through and then to what is called the “stagger”, the first rehearsal without a script in one’s hands.» —“She put me in mind of the Hollywood star of whom it was enquired, ‘Would you...
red clown n.—Gloss: a zany, antic, destructive clown, opposite of a white clown, who is orderly and calm. «Taproot Theatre director Karen Lund supplies a twinkly anti-realistic performance style to accompany Wilde’s ingenious artifices...
white clown n.— «Taproot Theatre director Karen Lund supplies a twinkly anti-realistic performance style to accompany Wilde’s ingenious artifices. Her cast includes inspired clowns: Aaron Lamb as Algernon, Kevin Brady as Jack, Charity...
post-kinetic environment n.— «Crocker’s performance was memorable for another show-stopping war euphemism, when he referred to bombed-out Iraqi towns as “post-kinetic environments.”» —“The Iraq War’s Go-To...
mumblecore n.— «I think that there are a bunch of us coming up now who have many of the same influences, and the same anti-influences, i.e. some of the crummier aspects of the indie scene that we’d all like to bury. My new film...