Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Broadway's Standoff Has Union Facing New Economics, Technology
Bloomberg.com: "There was no Broadway shutdown last week, and unless the warring parties breach their temporary truce, none will occur this week. But there's also no contract between producers and stagehands and the union has punched up the tension level, calling a strike vote for next Sunday."
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Learning from this article that the minimum load-in numbers are 22 for a musical and 18 for a play, i feel suprised (and possibly very ignorant) about the hooplah over those numbers.
For a hypotetical argument... Lets say that Chosky theatre was under union contract. For a load-in, I dont think that it would be a problem to keep 22 people completely busy for a call. With so many different areas for people to work, the rail, loading rail, offstage on ladders, tension grid, etc, it doesnt seem unreasonable.
Expecially in world where the price to rent the theatre is so high, i am confused why these numbers, which would seem to increase efficiency are such a problem.
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