Theatre Geekery

Most poeple know that the phrase "on cue" means to happen at the right time. The term is theatrical, although sometimes people o...

The phrase "make a scene" can be taken literally or figuratively. There are many meanings for both senses. When the phrase is t...

When most people hear "Exit, stage left," they probably think of the pink mountain lion, Snagglepuss, that was created by Hanna-B...

When most people hear the phrase a comedy of errors, they probably think, "Oh, that's a Shakespeare play." They would be cor...

Most people know that a change of scene means to go somewhere different in order to get a different experience of view. It can be short te...

A star-queller sounds like it is some type of device that puts out the light of a star. However, that is not what the term means. A star-q...

If somebody is desultory, that means that they do not have a plan or they are jumping around from subject to subject. Today, it is more li...

A woman sits on a park bench in Disneyworld. She told the rest of her family to go enjoy one of the other attractions without her as she ...

Flabberdegaz sounds like a name for an old man that does nonsensical things. While you might call an old man like that a flabberdegaz, th...

Front of house sounds like it refers to the front door and windows of a house, one where a person would walk up and knock on the door so a ...

n this day, if somebody says, "to play to the gas," it sounds like a car term. After all, there are things that happen with cars ...

 Gin and fog sounds like it might refer to special effects used in the theatre as a term akin to smoke and mirrors. However, that isn't...

"Charles, his friend," sounds like it is just a part of speech in a play. It sounds like one character is telling another that ...

"The Ghost Walks" sounds like it is an eerie phrase meant for Halloween. After all, there is a 1924 mystery movie called The Ghos...

If you guessed that Wandelprobe was related to sitzprobe in a way, you'd be correct. It is technically pronounced as "von-dell-p...

I am not certain what is going on with my Internet connection, but it is extremely slow. Hopefully that'll be fixed soon in some way. ...

Due to the fact that my internet is extremely slow tonight, and I've been waiting and hoping to be able to write a blog post, but it ha...

In the majority of theatres, when a cast rehearses music, either with the canned music or a band or orchestra, it is just called a music re...

Today, the word claptrap is used to mean nonsense. We tend to like the word claptrap because of the rhyming just like when we use words or...

Most people in the theatre are familiar with the term ham meaning an actor who overacts. They may also be used to the phrase "ham it ...