Saturday, October 20, 2007
Contract Dispute Between Stagehands, Producers Could Darken Broadway
NY1: Manhattan: "The curtain could come down on most Broadway theatres if stagehands and theater producers fail to hammer out a deal within the next few days."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
this whole thing is ridiculous. i understand it coming form both sides os its hard for me to actually take one side but i also feel like to shut down broadway as a means of figuring out how this should be resolved is a little extreme... and a little unnecessary as well. it seems like the kind of move that could really hurt the entire industry in the long run because i feel like once it happens for the first time it is setting of precedent of how to further handle situations of the like. i think its sad that its getting this extreme.
I definitely agree-my first thought was "how melodramatic." I realize that it's impossible to understand exactly what's happening when you aren't involved and what all of the conditions are, but it does seem very extreme and it sounds as though everyone would benefit from being more understanding, more realistic, and avoiding a lock-out or a strike. What's the point when everybody hurts and it might not even get you what you want? Haven't we figured out how to settle things rationally in the twenty-first century? It just seems like we should move on from "the strike" when its not necessarily a productive solution anymore, especially when working conditions (from what I can gather from various articles) aren't so bad, at least not like other industries who have resorted to the strike in the past.
Post a Comment