| re: HERE LIES LOVE originally WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA |
| Posted by: ryhog 11:44 am EDT 06/03/23 |
| In reply to: re: HERE LIES LOVE originally WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA - MockingbirdGirl 08:51 am EDT 06/03/23 |
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You (and Newt, among others) betray a misapprehension about the arrangement and conveyance of music. One can always play the entire score of South Pacific on a piano, but it is not the same and I don't think you would anticipate R&H going along with it for a Broadway production. The music envisioned by Byrne et al cannot be played raw, and it cannot be produced in real time on a sound board. That is a fact that cannot intelligently be disputed.
Your second paragraph is equally jumbled. Byrne and co can do whatever they want in a Broadway theatre but that does not mean that the production does not have to play by the rules of the CBA. This is 100% about money and contracts, and 0% about artistic intention. Similarly, a production can decide that its star is non-fungible and ask AEA to waive the requirement of an understudy. That request may or may not be granted but the show does not have to go forward with the understudy.
I point all of this out because there is way too much misinformation surrounding this subject. If you have not read the article alanscott linked (and that I urged everyone to read) now would be a good time. |
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