backstage.com: In the days after Hurricane Sandy hit, New Yorkers struggled to return to work. Some created makeshift satellite offices in co-workers’ apartments, while others waited in lines that stretched several city blocks for MTA buses to take them to their offices. For Broadway actors, though, their work has a set start time and a specific venue, so many were required to go to great lengths to ensure that the show would go on.
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Wow, that is the way how the field of entertainment works. for other people, work is just about individual person, but here in Broadway, it is not only a way to earn life, it is also a responsibility for the whole team and the audience. our shows give our andience an easier life and we are the basis of the theater career. people always say that artists are weak, they are pathytic, but i have to say, facing up to the aftershock of Sandy, Broadway actors are the strongest stick of this society.
Right now, some New Yorkers need to escape to another time and place. What better way to do that than to go and see a show? It is really wonderful that the Broadway theaters understood that the show must go on and made the effort to continue these shows. They probably had an even bigger audience if a fair portion of NY couldn't go to work because their offices lost power.
What I liked most about this article was the display of solidarity. "The Book of Mormon" people didn't have to give that one person from "Spiderman" a ride to work. This is an example of the benefits that come with knowing everyone in the theater industry. As for the "walkers", at least they got their warm up walk in before performing that day.
I guess this article demonstrates what the saying "The show must go on " really means. For someone to walk 3 hours to get to a show is true dedication not to mention dependable! I love the fact that the actors helped each other. It didn't matter what show they were in. They are all in the same boat so to speak and all need to help each other for the entire good of Broadway. I thought Ricky Martin helping with rides was pretty classy too. I think theatre people in general are there for each other. We all learned a long time ago that we all have to work together to make a show come together, so in a way, the whole Sandy thing illustrates what we have known all along.............it takes a village! I am glad to be part of such a community!
I found this article very heart warming. Hearing about this dedication to productions makes me proud to be part of theater. Everyone is like a big family. Sometimes we hate each other, and sometimes we love to crack jokes and have a good laugh. At the end of the day, we have each other's backs. There is such an enormous amount of trust and respect for everyone in the business, and I can even feel this now in cmu. Our classmates definitely watch out for each other and give advice. I am glad that Sandy hasn't completely destroyed Broadway. It is good to see audiences returning and supporting the arts. I think Sandy has tightened the bonds in the Broadway family.
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