www.broadwayworld.com: The touring production of the musical Hairspray is suing production group ASM Global after a broken sprinkler caused property damage backstage during the show's run in Denver, The Denver Post reports. The damage allegedly cost the production nearly $150,000 and caused cancellations and loss of income.
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This article is crazy! I can't believe that this happened! Fire systems detection systems are a give and take, they need to be perfectly balanced. A system that is not sensitive enough would allow for a fire to cause more damage, while a system that is too sensitive could cause unnecessary water damage. It sounds like the latter is what happened here. Although, I am not sure if this is a problem caused by an excessive amount of sensitivity. It sounds like someone or something actually hit a sprinkler head. It feels like this should be something that is planned for/expected in theatres. People and scenery are always moving around in theatres, so there should be some sort of guards around them to prevent this from happening in the future. I absolutely understand why the company sued. This is absolutely wrong, and definitely cost them a lot. I just hope that no valuable personal items that the cast/crew brought on tour with them got damaged too.
I can’t believe that happened to the tour. Aren’t these things supposed to be inspected or tested every once in a while? I understand these things happen every now and then but I feel like this could have been avoided. I believe that places such as theatre venues should be checked for possible damage to their sprinkler systems and should be checked more often. Many people come and go throughout the space. Productions may not want to come back such as this one since their production lost revenue due to something they couldn’t control. Audiences are also affected as they saw this happen, they may not trust going to the venue to watch productions, leading to other touring productions’ ticket revenue to possibly being affected. I do hope Hairspray is able to get reimbursed for their damages, but I also wonder would the audience get reimbursed for the show coming to a stop after the sprinkler incident?
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