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| re: Actors Equity worse than Republican Party...PERHAPS | |
| Posted by: boyartist 01:09 pm EDT 07/14/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Actors Equity worse than Republican Party...PERHAPS - MockingbirdGirl 10:33 am EDT 07/14/18 | |
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| MockingbirdGirl...maybe I'm wrong, but a revival of a sixty year old musical, which might need "names" in the leading roles to sell tickets, I'd say...perhaps. ( although Kelli & Ken are not what I'd consider names at the box office), but "Miss Saigon" did not need to cast Jonathan...what's-his-name in the Broadway production. If they announced at today's matinee of "Harry Potter" that the roles of Gobbly Gook and Kiss-My-Wand were being played by two of the understudies, would anyone run to the box office and demand a refund? ANYWAY...I'm not a Gypsy or an actor. My real gripe is Equity's lack of power in stopping those Non-Equity tours. If I were an actor, I would be FURIOUS! |
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| re: Actors Equity worse than Republican Party...PERHAPS | |
| Posted by: stgmgr 10:31 am EDT 07/15/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Actors Equity worse than Republican Party...PERHAPS - boyartist 01:09 pm EDT 07/14/18 | |
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| How would you suggest that Equity stop Non-Equity tours? By definition, they have no jurisdiction over non-union actors. They can--and do--prohibit their own members from participating. Have I missed an obvious solution? | |
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| re: Actors Equity worse than Republican Party...PERHAPS | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 03:40 pm EDT 07/17/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Actors Equity worse than Republican Party...PERHAPS - stgmgr 10:31 am EDT 07/15/18 | |
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| One way would be to propose a tour contract that would make it possible for road producers to use Equity members on tours that would be unlikely to make money using the regular tour contract, either because the show is not a zeitgeisty phenomenon, or because it'll be the 2nd or 3rd national tour for the property. Perhaps they already do this, but, if they don't, it only makes sense to have their members working and, perhaps, earning a bit less money, than not working at all. | |
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| re: Actors Equity worse than Republican Party...PERHAPS | |
| Posted by: stgmgr 03:46 pm EDT 07/18/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Actors Equity worse than Republican Party...PERHAPS - JereNYC 03:40 pm EDT 07/17/18 | |
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| I can't speak from personal experience--but I seem to recall complaints from members that Equity would grant whatever concessions in conditions or salaries that the producers would request. So there would already seem to be this option, and it hasn't stopped non-union tours from existing. (Perhaps another reader could provide more specific information.) | |
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