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I suspect everybody will still be compensated, at least for a while, but yeah, I find it odd that people would assume that paychecks are contractually mandated in a situation like this. If employer negligence was found to be the cause of the fire, then maybe an argument could be made, but generally union contracts protect members from employer exploitation and mistreatment. A fire causing the venue to be shut down isn't that. 

theatrekid3302 said: "If Lost Boys looses Scenic Design it would be the “crime of the century”. Also don’t get why Cats is getting so many awards in these predictions. It doesn’t look like a Broadway Show."

How about you actually see the production? 

All things considered, and barring any other developments, this seems like something that can be repaired in a relatively short amount of time- a month or two, I would guess. 

I splurged on a stage seat for their first post-Tonys performance. It seemed like the show to be at that Tuesday. 

The industry is built on the idea of show turnover and it is understood that when a production cannot do sustainable business, it closes. This needs to stop being treated like a tragedy. 

If the clue was “a certain recent breakout star with a Tony nom,” then the person who makes the most sense is Hannah Cruz. 

Though to be fair, EBT and Oh Mary will be more profitable than either Othello or Art thanks to the fact that they keep running well after their recoupment. 

I’m not surprised the cast and crew found out about the fire via social media- it was reported live as it was going on and was shared widely, likely before production management themselves really knew the extent of what was happening. 

Good for them! This quietly became the success story of the season in many ways. A very savvy bit of producing that I imagine others will try to copy with much less success. 

rosscoe(au) said: "Tourism is down a huge amount as well, just look at World Cup coming up. Hotels available at a fraction of the cost they thought they would be. Ticket’s not selling."

Well, when a government actively makes its country unappealing, if not outright hostile, to foreign visitors and starts a war that causes prices of fuel to spike and forces up costs around the world, that does tend to happen. 

I plugged the promo in for Cats and although the calendar shows promo applied to every date, I'm not actually seeing any discounted seats on any date I click on. 

Edit: Nevermind- Cats is not included, even though it takes the promo. 

Viola is not an easy stunt cast, either. She has a lot of demanding singing as well. 

 Ragtime and Jellicle are both acclaimed and have devoted fans. One winning does not diminish the other. 

suicidalmickeymouse said: "Can someone describe the level of damage?"

The room was absolutely destroyed beyond recognition as anything, let alone technical space of a theater. There looked to be nothing salvageable. 

theatrekid3302 said: "
The amount of people that think theCats Revival is anything close to the brilliance of Ragtime amazes me. If Cats wins over ragtime it would be an utter disgrace. Very Happy The Lost Boys got 12 Nominations the hate for that also amazes me it was clearly the best musical of the season and should 100% win the Best Musical Tony."

Didn't you say a couple weeks ago that you hadn't seen Cats and have no plans to? 

ACL2006 said: "Cape Twirl of Doom said: "Photo of the damaged light booth. Yeah that's not reopening any time soon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1t4nsuo/the_light_booth_at_the_eugene_oneill/"

That'll take awhile to repair. So now we have to ask, do they attempt to reopen in a few months? Or is the show done? Or do they hope another theater becomes available and they can relocate?"

You keep asking and the answer remains: nobody knows yet. 

I'm surprised to see DBH with such a big drop in grosses this week, even considering its very steady decline that started right after the holidays. Unfortunate, particularly for a show that had been in a strong place for a while. 

Theatrefanboy1 said: "Man the Tony awards committee really has some hate for Lea Michele, so disappointing. Looks like Caissie will be practicing her acceptance speech."

Even if Michele got nominated, she wasn't going to win this year.