Monday, November 19, 2007
Broadway Negotiations Break Down
Backstage: "According to a report on New York 1, a local cable news station, a principal sticking point remains the minimum number of stagehands the owners and producers are required to hire for load-ins--the period when a show's set is first installed and constructed. That would fit into the general pattern of demands for each side: the league wants greater flexibility to hire only those workers it believe it needs, while Local One wants to protect the number of jobs."
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This morning, CNN news also said no show on Broadway during the Thanksgiving Holiday. Currently, the producers might be calculating hard the loss. Local one might just bet on Thanksgiving and consider the League would yield. However, for the stagehand, they don't have income, either. Let's see if there would be dramatic transition after Thanksgiving.
As stated in this article, and seemingly common sense, the continuation of the strike will lead to the closing of several productions. In that case, who wins? Those stagehands are now out of a steady job. And somehow, I don’t feel like there will be an immediate resurgence in producing to fill those houses right up. It may take time for the industry to bounce back.
what rico talks about is really my big fear as far as the strike is concerned. people are always saying that this business is dying. producers arent going to line up around the block to pour money back into this 'dying industry'. and then where do we go?
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