Saturday, November 17, 2007
B'WAY EXPECTS BREAKTHROUGH
NY POST: "Disney's decision to send its top labor negotiator into the bitter dispute between striking stagehands and theater producers will soon have Broadway singing and dancing again, several theater sources told The Post."
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I don't like the way that it sounds like Disney is really having an enormous effect on settling the strike. Although Disney sending someone in has been helpful for both sides, for they both respect him and the company, this isn't really what is ending the strike. I think that the Thanksgiving weekend is really what is giving Broadway this breakthrough that will hopefully be settled before the weekend rolls around. The producers don't want to lose the lucrative time period coming up this weekend.
I agree with Joe. I do not like Disney, and this further continues my hatred for them. I do not understand why Disney has any right to be at a local 1 stagehand meeting. Disney may have a few shows out however they do not have the right to do this. I feel as if Disney bought out someone so that they could get Local 1 back so that they could make money. They are a selfish company. It does not mater very much who respects Disney's representative being that they should not have any control over this situation. I am eager to see what the stagehands think of this.
God guys don't nock 'em for trying. Everybody wants this to end peacfully and quickly. Props to them for helping out.
Disney controls the world. It's a fact I'm willing to face and accept. If their guy closes the deal, why bitch about it? Who cares who gets it done as long as it ends the strike and re-lights Broadway? I say go Disney.
i would rather have a disney broadway than no broadway at all.
I think the most interesting part of this article (well the video) is realizing how much the strike really does effect everything else around it. We all knew how drastically the entire economy of NYC is affected by the theatre, but realizing that restaurants will have to close and go out of business if the strike doesn't end within the week, and that not just the Broadway shows are affected, but it's starting to affect the off-Broadway shows as well. I just hope that it can all get worked out in a way that the stagehands are happy with and is "fair" for all, I suppose sooner rather than later, because it's hurting a lot more people than just the stagehands and children who don't get to see The Grinch.
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