Thank You...
Thank You...To AutoFly
and Decksound
and Ongo
and PropGal
and SpotOne
and RocketRon
and WorkerBee
and KathyLongIsland
and JerseyGuy
and BC
and what seemed like an endless parade of Anonymouses (is the plural Anonymi??) for using Steve On Broadway (SOB) as a people's forum on the strike.
You have my ongoing admiration and respect.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, next time I take in a Broadway show -- and yes, there will be a next time -- as a member of the audience, I'll be applauding for those of you we never see behind the curtain every bit as much as for the cast and production itself.
You've taught me a lot about an aspect of the theatre I had never really known too much about. I've certainly been wowed by your wizardry, but now I have a newfound appreciation of what it is you do to make live theatre so magical.
Thank you for that! And I invite you to keep coming back.
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Labels: Broadway, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Stagehands, Thank You
posted by Steve On Broadway (SOB) @ Thursday, November 29, 2007
6 Comments:
When the curtain went up at Jerseyboys tonight ,there was this BigCheer!
Some thought it was for the Stagehands/ some thought it was for the actors/Some thought it was Just the excitement of being back up!
Than we Realized it,
WE ALL WERE CHEERING PATRONS, ACTORS, MUSIATIONS, CREW
We were all happy to be back.
Collectively we felt that we killed the dragon.
That time of magic and innocents is gone but we are still here!
Equity / 802 / IATSE…We Are One
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/theater/30deal.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1196427615-w2SENjLgeOLkmz4ooo95HQ&oref=slogin
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
he's a wise man working for an Evil News Paper
The next major contract for the league to negotiate? Equity's.
There are many more Actors / Stagemangers than Stagehands
And Chorus members make about the same as B-rate Stage hands
I bet the League is Drooling.....
At The Press Confrence Ending the Strike
Hershel Waxman Exited,
Charlotte Exited Jim Claffy and Local one boys Exited...
all rather high profile exits
All the Shubert and Jumancyn People kinda snuck out the back..
I hope they were embassased...
I understand some backstage employees (non local 1 stagehands)
Were only paid a partial checks.
They were docked because they honored the picket line.
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