Swing
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got a swing Do you have a different definition? Have you BEEN a swing? Join the conversation! What Does This Word Mean? Who Made This Video? A swing is a performer...
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Workers unite (to take down the set!) What’s your favorite strike story? Have a different definition? Join the conversation! What Does This Word Mean? Who Made This Video? When you remove something...
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Point us in the right direction. Have you ever gotten confused by these directions? Join the conversation! What Does This Word Mean? Who Made This Video? Left vs. right. Easy, you say. But when you are...
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I love you… until Act Two. Do you have a “showmance” story? Join the conversation! What Does This Word Mean? Who Made This Video? Years ago, when a Shakespearean actor was asked if he believed Hamlet...
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This play is cursed! Do you believe in this curse? Have you seen it in action? Join the conversation! What Does This Word Mean? Who Made This Video? According to theatre legend, one of Shakespeare’s...
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Be careful not to break a leg What’s the most difficult stumble-through you’ve ever survived? Tell us here! What Does This Word Mean? Who Made This Video? Your first time is always nerve-racking....
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Sides… they do more than come with your entree What are you best audition stories? Tell us here! What Does This Word Mean? Who Made This Video? If you’ve ever used mass transit in New York City, you...
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Don’t speak! What’s your all-time favorite dialog-free musical? Tell us here! What Does This Word Mean? Who Made This Video? As a native New Yorker, my parents raised me on a steady diet of Broadway...
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Hide in plain sight Can you recall a particularly effective use of a scrim on stage? Tell us here! What Does This Word Mean? Who Made This Video? Just as magicians seem to pull rabbits from empty hats,...
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What lies beneath Have you ever argued over the meaning of a play’s subtext? Tell us here! What Does This Word Mean? Who Made This Video? When an actor asks, “What’s my motivation?” (because, believe...
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Backstage access Have you ever waited outside a stage door to see a theatre star? Tell us here! What Does This Word Mean? Who Made This Video? When you’re out for a night at the theatre, first you hit...
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I can do that! Do you have any special skills? Tell us here! What Does This Word Mean? Who Made This Video? Civilians may not think of having a driver’s license as a special skill, but any actor who...
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