Saturday, December 01, 2007
A Short Analysis of the Broadway Strike
Stage-directions: "While the contract between the League of American Theaters and Local One hasn’t been released yet, the tenor of the announcements in its wake, as well as the rumors that came out of negotiations, leads one to believe that both sides feel they have made significant gains in this new contract, even if some concessions had to be made. Tonight, the show will go on, and for all of us who make our living in the theatre biz, that’s great news. But there are more contract negotiations coming up (Equity’s contract runs out soon), and perhaps if we clear up some misconceptions about what brought this strike about, it might lead to some clearer thinking about what the next round of negotiations might entail."
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I still side with the stage hands but it's interesting to get the producer's side of it. I guess if the show is a flop then the producers are rally screwed after putting in so much money for the load in and tech. I would really like to know what the contract is once it gets released.
Although this article seemed slightly biased toward the stagehand side of the strike, it was nice to get a good overview that addressed all issues. It was also nice (at least for someone supporting the stagehands) to see what money grubbers the producers really were (at least in this account). I just think it will be interesting to see the new contract when it becomes public to see how many concessions each side really made.
im surprised that bloomberg took this long to get this involved and directly mediate the negotiations. i know he tried to help out the affected busineses near the theatre by subsidizing their expenses during the lack of customers, but i suppose he had good judgement in knowing when to back off and keep the government out of private business until things seemd to be going nowhere
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