| Forgive, me, but I think you’re naive to think that this decision is about “artistic intent.” In cases where that argument can legitimately be made, the Union has been willing to negotiate a special situations agreement. This production seeks to use zero musicians and instead use a recording made by real musicians - lots of them, in fact, in addition to orchestrators and arrangers, were needed to create the recordings - so the sound of a large band is absolutely a part of the show. Playing a recording rather than using and paying musicians can only be seen as an economic end-run around the CBA. |
