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Ken Billington should be on the list by now. Over 100 Broadway credits, including so many highs (the original Sweeney) and lows (The Red Shoes), yet his only Tony award came for Chicago. He’s one of the most influential designers still working today and has trained practically an entire new generation on his own. 

Alexander Lamar said: "Anybody know Hadestown’s weekly nut?"

Not sure of an exact number but definitely one of the lowest of the musicals. I’ve heard below 700. 

Including intermission, it was 2:47 at williamstown (six years ago), 2:45 in La Jolla, and there have been substantial changes since LJ. The read was not remotely close to 3 hours, and I would expect the final run time to be close to advertised. It’s obviously hard to predict this early. 

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: 

"Ohio will be lucky if it gets a Lincoln Center archival recording."

It was filmed by Lincoln Center last Thursday night.

I’m a designer with a tour out, and BlindButlerDeadMaid is 99% correct on all this. The one thing I will note is that (I think) the tours out on production contracts have no guarantee from the presenters- it’s much more like the broadway model. Producers get much more of an upside if it’s a hit but are on the hook for a lot more $ if it isn't (which is why even shows like Hadestown are out on a SET contract).

You can also see which tours are under which contracts by going to https://iatse.net/yellow-cards/. They list all the professional tours currently playing. 

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Broadway Flash said: "Isn’t that in front of the St James?"

YOU'RE RIGHT! Wrong side of the Shubert.

Which makes it even less probable that this is loading into a theatre."

99.99% of the time this is just an old label that didn’t get ripped off the road case, probably in this case from the Alliance run. Many out of town tryouts use NYC shops. 

BroadwaysBroad said: "kingjames2 said: "Just curious (as I am very familiar with the design for Hadestown) - could you elaborate on the mechanism or method by which you imagine AI would improve the design? Like if we say "AI could improve this," what do we actually mean by that?"

Hadestown is a beautiful show, unfortunately the lighting design is the weakest link. AI could have provided some fresh ideas and probably followed the music better.

Just curious (as I am very familiar with the design for Hadestown) - could you elaborate on the mechanism or method by which you imagine AI would improve the design? Like if we say "AI could improve this," what do we actually mean by that? 

perfectpenguin said: "Playbill reports 28 of 30 shows will be affected. What are the 2 shows that aren’t?"

Camelot for sure - LCT is not a league member.

Possibly Playbill thinks that The Cottage, because it's in the Hayes, is being produced by SecondStage? But that's a commercial rental. I honestly don't know what the other show is - everything else playing right now seems at first glance to be a League or Disney show.

MarilynMonroeSmash said: "Would Off-Broadway shows then continue if there were to be a strike?"

Yes, off-Broadway would be unaffected. This is strike would only affect shows produced by the Broadway League/Disney in either New York City or on the road (ie: all Equity tours).

Fingers crossed the League comes to their senses (and back to the table).

There was something about how Rachel wanted the Kerr for Lempicka. So maybe once Hadestown announces a closing? But she will also be focused on Gatsby."

yeah I don't know where that rumor about lempicka to the kerr came from but it's definitely false.

I would say a fall transfer is unlikely, given that the DC production would close in late October at the earliest.