NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

TikTok ‘Ratatouille’ Musical Snares Broadway Producer For Benefit

Deadline: More than 200 million TikTok users can hum along to selections from Ratatouille: The Musical, a statistic all the more impressive considering there’s kinda really no such thing as Ratatouille: The Musical.

Posted by David at 12/11/2020 11:27:00 AM

WarnerMedia's CEO says that blockbuster movies will cost $1 billion

Business Insider: WarnerMedia sent shockwaves through Hollywood last week when it announced that all of Warner Bros.' 2021 movies would debut on its streaming service, HBO Max, and in theaters on the same day in the US. The move is in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has upended the theatrical industry. But it will also boost Max, which has struggled to convert subscribers since launching in May.

Posted by David at 12/11/2020 11:36:00 AM

The Coalition Of Broadway Unions & Guilds Stands United With IATSE Local One In Met Opera Lockout

www.broadwayworld.com: In response to the lockout by the Metropolitan Opera against Local One stagehands, members of the Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) issued the following statement

Posted by David at 12/11/2020 11:31:00 AM

IATSE Statement on Met’s Lockout of Local One Stagehands

IATSE Cares: On Monday, Metropolitan Opera management announced that it plans to lock out union stagehands represented by IATSE Local One at midnight. These workers have been furloughed since April, and the Met’s management is demanding these workers take an extremely unreasonable 30% reduction of earnings for an indefinite period of time, and half of that (15%) reduction “in perpetuity” in exchange for short term relief payments.

Posted by David at 12/09/2020 11:46:00 AM

Arts Workers Unite to Pen Letter to Biden/Harris Calling for Cabinet-Level Arts & Culture Agency

www.broadwayworld.com: As President-Elect Joe Biden continues to make preparations for the start of his administration, members of the arts community have banded together to pen an open letter calling for support of the industry in the wake of the growing health crisis. The document has already been signed by hundreds of artists, including Broadway veterans like Rachel Chavkin, Phillipa Soo, Steven Pasqual, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Celia Keenen-Bolger, Adam Chanler-Berat, Greg Hildreth, Leah Silverman, Shaina Taub, Taylor Tresch, and many more.

Posted by David at 12/09/2020 11:45:00 AM