Theatre Geekery

I am sick today and because I am not feeling all that well, I am turning to the tongue twister post. I don't want to accidentally give...

f you hear the word Logie, if you are Australian or familiar with Australian television, you may think of it as the Australian television aw...

When most people heard the word "deadheads," they immediately think that these are fans of the band The Grateful Dead. Even thou...

I can't seem to get any computers or internet connections to cooperate with me for researching and writing a decent blog post. Because...

The word prop can be a confusing one. After all, we give props or mad props to people, but we don't actually give them anything. That...

It seems like a woman in a dress designed with planets, stars, and other things found in outer space is floating out in a far place in the ...

If somebody hears the phrase "a tough act to follow," the first thing that might come to mind these days is the song from the 200...

Most people know that a dress rehearsal means that everything needed for the production is meant to happen in the rehearsal. That means th...

A girl lays on a platform and asks, "why did you call me?" as she plays with a bag that is filled with riches. Everyman has cal...

When it is said that things happen backstage, it means that those are the things that people don't see that have happened in order to m...

"Set the stage" is common phrase in usage. Most people know that it means to prepare for something or to "make way" or...

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...