| I wouldn’t be so sure about that either.... | |
| Last Edit: ShowGoer 01:58 pm EDT 03/26/21 | |
| Posted by: ShowGoer 01:56 pm EDT 03/26/21 | |
| In reply to: I was wondering a few days ago about streaming - dramedy 01:24 pm EDT 03/26/21 | |
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| I think everyone is realizing that one reason UK and foreign theatres were so ready to struggle ahead in this pandemic, compared to those in the US, is because union regulations over there have long been less stringent when it comes to live-theater filming and broadcasting. I would similarly hope that, while wages and perks won’t be increasing in the short run, the stage unions over here realize that streaming is an additional potential source of revenue, for EVERYONE.... additional money that can be made even as live theater returns, and obviously if, God forbid, things had to shut down again, or if (many say not if but when) the next pandemic occurs. If labor leaders in the field haven’t learned lessons from the fact that companies like the Old Vic in London, the Round House Theatre in Maryland, and the Irish Rep off-Broadway, have managed to produce entire seasons of between 5 and 10 shows in the last year, even as new services and companies have launched, from NationalTheatreAtHome and Marquee.TV to Play-Per-View and Broadway on Demand, while so-called First-Class productions over here, not just Broadway but even most of the major off-Broadway resident theaters, have been left treading water.... haven’t learned lessons that could help future-proof the industry not just to future shutdowns but also generate possible future income streams from even the most short-lived runs... well then I really didn’t know what they’ve spent the last year paying attention to. One thing’s for sure, though.. regardless of whether not everyone wants to continue to allow streaming, producers and theaters are going to try to keep it going – for everyone’s sake. |
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| Link | https://www.wsj.com/articles/keep-the-virtual-crowds-coming-11616535029 |
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