Stage Hand Gifts

Stage hand has cigars ready.

Leaving the Opera, "I liked that bit where the rebel stage hands threw the director off the battlements"

'Someone said they would be waiting in the wings for these wings.'

Stage hand.

"Just be yourself."

'Oh, it's a long, long time...From here to November...'

"Same story every morning - 'Can you come and fix our windmill?'..."

Scarpia from Tosca

Men: Hating chick flicks since 1623.

Passed over at the Inaugural Poetry Audition

"Yoo-hoo. Fifteen minutes of fame is about to start."

'After years of practicing in empty theaters, Horace's dream of becoming a soft-shoe dancer seemed as remote as ever.'

"For my next trick, I'll need a volunteer, a fake knife, and a mirrored box with a secret compartment."

'Incredibly Inexpensive Sound Engineers. Pretty Good Sound Engineers, 12 the price, 23 the quality. You'll hardly notice the occasional feedback.'

Captain Corcoran, Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore

"Squirting flower, squirting flower...."

"While you're at it Houdini, try and find the last ten years of my life in there."

Harriet Walter

E=Emcee Squared

"I got the part, but I play a waiter."

Business coach hiding in speach desk.

Bow

'You're thinking of your wife again, aren't you?'

"Well, that's show business."

'Marcus could we try it again with a little less gusto this time.'

Kissing Prompt

Janitor sweeping music notes off of concert stage.

'I'm here in case one of the actors actually does break a leg.'

World Championship Mime-Off -'HEYYY! He's in a REAL box!!'

"Returns"

'6 One-Act Plays By 6 World Leaders'

Stage producer.

'He's a cheat I tell you - it's just a trick!'

"Shakespeare wants to kill off the leads and destroy any franchise potential. I tell you these artist types can never see the big picture."

"I finished my act. Could you come over and give me a hand?"