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| Posted by: AlanScott 03:51 pm EDT 05/26/23 | |
| In reply to: re: A point that you may be missing. - NewtonUK 03:38 pm EDT 05/26/23 | |
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| NewtonUK, I think that's not altogether correct. For decades, the minimum for nonmusicals was four. If a play had more than a certain amount of live music, the union might decide that it should be classified as a musical and might demand that the minimum for musicals be hired, but that happened very rarely. An example would be The Tempest, way back in 1945. Later, if the rule was still in place, I imagine Marat/Sade would have been classified as a musical according to the union. But otherwise, even in the biggest houses (and the Broadway, the Uris/Gershwin, and the Majestic have all sometimes housed plays), the minimum was four for nonmusicals. | |
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| re: A point that you may be missing. | |
| Posted by: ablankpage 03:27 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
| In reply to: re: A point that you may be missing. - AlanScott 03:51 pm EDT 05/26/23 | |
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| Totally off topic, but I'm curious if you know the answer. How did it work for John Doyle's Sweeney Todd and Company? Did the producers have to pay for a minimum of musicians, or did the cast join the musicians' union? | |
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| re: A point that you may be missing. | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:29 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
| In reply to: re: A point that you may be missing. - ablankpage 03:27 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| If memory serves, the casts of Sweeney and Company had to join the musicians union. | |
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| Posted by: mikem 11:02 am EDT 05/30/23 | |
| In reply to: re: A point that you may be missing. - AlanScott 07:29 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| I'm pretty sure they had to join the musicians union. IIRC, I believe the minimum salary at the time of Sweeney at least was higher for musicians than for actors, so that may have benefited some of them (although they had to pay union dues twice, so it may not have helped in the end, and they may all have been paid more than minimum anyway). | |
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| Posted by: simbo 05:48 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
| In reply to: re: A point that you may be missing. - ablankpage 03:27 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| Similar query for "Once" and anythign else that's used cast as musicians (e.g. "I love my Wife" and "Pump Boys and Dinettes") | |
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