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Saturday, March 08, 2003
posted by gbarto at 11:52 PM:
Broadway Musicals Go DarkActors and stagehands refuse to cross picket lines in musicians' strike
At issue, some producers want to reduce the minimum size orchestra from 24 members to 15. This is, of course, highly unfair and awful. But it may be necessary. Bottom line, the actors and others just cost struggling theater productions one more night's revenues. They may think they're saving 9 jobs but there's a risk they'll kill all 24, if shows become too expensive to produce and actors and artists - always above such earthy things - don't face the reality.
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