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| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 12:33 pm EST 02/14/19 | |
| In reply to: re: I believe theaters are becoming more evasive regarding performer absences.... - Michael_Portantiere 11:35 am EST 02/14/19 | |
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| Sorry if I gave the implication that it "doesn't matter." Of course, it matters, which is why AEA mandates that producers must inform the audience in, at least, 2 out of 3 acceptable ways. What I meant to highlight was that audiences know Bette Midler and her attendance at any given performance of HELLO, DOLLY! was likely a factor in the ticket purchase. General audiences probably don't know Stephanie J. Block and I doubt that many of them bought their tickets especially to see her. She's what I call a "New York Name," someone that we know here at ATC and someone that regular NYC metro area theatre goers should know, but not someone that a member of the general public elsewhere or a non-regular theatregoer is going to recognize. So, given that, I would not expect any special effort on the part of the producers of THE CHER SHOW to alert audiences when Block is out of the show, other than what they are required to do by AEA. The original poster did not say how many people he saw trying to reschedule their tickets in order to see Block. I wonder if there were any at all. |
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| re: I believe theaters are becoming more evasive regarding performer absences.... | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:06 pm EST 02/14/19 | |
| In reply to: re: I believe theaters are becoming more evasive regarding performer absences.... - JereNYC 12:33 pm EST 02/14/19 | |
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| *Sorry if I gave the implication that it "doesn't matter." Of course, it matters, which is why AEA mandates that producers must inform the audience in, at least, 2 out of 3 acceptable ways. What I meant to highlight was that audiences know Bette Midler and her attendance at any given performance of HELLO, DOLLY! was likely a factor in the ticket purchase. General audiences probably don't know Stephanie J. Block and I doubt that many of them bought their tickets especially to see her. She's what I call a "New York Name," someone that we know here at ATC and someone that regular NYC metro area theatre goers should know, but not someone that a member of the general public elsewhere or a non-regular theatregoer is going to recognize. So, given that, I would not expect any special effort on the part of the producers of THE CHER SHOW to alert audiences when Block is out of the show, other than what they are required to do by AEA.* I understand all of that. But what I meant was that especially in this case, where the performance in question is one of the few aspects of the production that was almost unanimously well reviewed, it would have been a nice courtesy for the signs and notices to say that the role normally played by Stephanie J. Block would be be played by someone else, rather than announcing the understudy or cover in a way that doesn't actually name the performer who's not performing. I realize this is not specifically mandated by Equity, but I do think it's a courtesy that should reasonably be expected by an audience. I also realize this situation is not new. As I'm sure I've mentioned here before, years ago I purchased a ticket for LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR only to arrive at the theater and find a notice in the lobby reading that "at this performance the role of Max Prince will be played by [ACTOR}," without also stating that this was the role normally played by Nathan Lane. Does that "normally played by" type of notice ever happen anymore, or is it a thing of the past? Or do they only do that for the big, name-above-the-title stars like Bette Midler? |
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| re: I believe theaters are becoming more evasive regarding performer absences.... | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 02:28 pm EST 02/14/19 | |
| In reply to: re: I believe theaters are becoming more evasive regarding performer absences.... - Michael_Portantiere 02:06 pm EST 02/14/19 | |
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| Some of the theatre lobby boards have 3 columns: "The Role of" "Usually Played By" "Will Be Played By" I agree that those are the most useful. I thought these were fairly standard, but I guess not. |
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| re: I believe theaters are becoming more evasive regarding performer absences.... | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 03:51 pm EST 02/14/19 | |
| In reply to: re: I believe theaters are becoming more evasive regarding performer absences.... - JereNYC 02:28 pm EST 02/14/19 | |
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| *Some of the theatre lobby boards have 3 columns: "The Role of" "Usually Played By" "Will Be Played By"* Thanks, I wasn't sure if any of the boards were still like that. |
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| re: I believe theaters are becoming more evasive regarding performer absences.... | |
| Posted by: mikem 03:52 pm EST 02/14/19 | |
| In reply to: re: I believe theaters are becoming more evasive regarding performer absences.... - Michael_Portantiere 03:51 pm EST 02/14/19 | |
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| The Beaumont still has that. I'm not sure if others do. | |
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