Front of House has also become a term in the restaurant industry meaning positions that work with patrons. These positions can be servers, seaters, bartenders, and cashiers. All of these people deal directly with patrons. In a theatre, the front of house manager usually deals with directing lobby traffic, organizing all volunteers such as ushers, and making sure the front of house is a welcoming place. Other people that work in the front of house may be ushers and those who sell tickets.
Sometimes there are people such as front of house mixers or front of house audio and lighting crews. They people obviously work with the lights and the sounds for a show. They can be both for theatrical productions and musical concerts. The front of house personnel are important because they are the first people that patrons see when walking into a venue.
It is not certain when the term front of house originated, but it is known that circa 15 B.C., Vitruvius wrote De Architectura in which he admonished people who made theatrical productions to select a site that produced good acoustics and was .ealthy for the audience. The word front comes from the Middle English word frount or front which comes from Anglo-French or Old French which comes from the Latin word front- (stem of frōns) meaning. forehead, brow, or front. You can find the origin for the word house in the post for Bring the House Down.
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