Profile for KKeller6

In 1999, Peter Pan was having a limited run until September at the Gershwin. It was going to close early, with the notice going up the Tuesday after the Tony Awards.  Cathy Rigby flew right at the camera out in the house that night and the line the next morning for tickets was out the door.  We made the full run. Which again, begets the question, what are these people afraid of? You don't have to put a commercial on the super bowl.  But a few well timed ads might actually m

Kad said: "...that article entirely undercuts what you're claiming by breaking down what that money went to."

 

Remember when Chrysler and GM were about to go bankrupt? In the same way that the federal government came in to bail out auto companies, it’s doing the same thing for all of show business with this legislation,” he said. “It’s returning us to health and it’s protecting the well-being of our employees.&rd

Absolutely.  I get that.  There are 5 other shows on Broadway running right now that have grossed over a billion dollars each worldwide.  

 And there are plenty others that are having good, successful runs.  It seems a bit more than coincidental that its contract time( the musicians are up as well as AE)  and and these stories are coming out. This is all most likely being done at the direction of the law firm Proskauer-Rose. The world's leadi

JSquared2 said: 
Wha??

Do you honestly believe that "lowering salaries" is on the table -- by either side?? Also, contracts are negotiated and signed BEFORE the show starts performances -- so I have no idea why you're bringing "recoupment" (which is a REAL thing) into the equation?

First off, poor raises in contract agreements,  I equate with lower salaries. 

Secondly, recoupment is a shell game.  It's

Salaries mean little in terms of success to a successful show.  This is more ridiculousness by the people in charge.  There were 77 productions this season.  If every time a restaurant falls, should we discuss lowering their salaries? We can play this game for every single business in every single sector.  Some businesses fail, some succeed. If you cant succeed paying decent wages across the board, you fail.  And you should fail. It's really that simple.

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As I posted to the author in the Times, grosses and audiences are at all time highs. Maybe we don't need 77 shows per season. A successful show can pay the appropriate salaries  quite easily, and the vast majority of flops would still flop if all labor took a 20% cut. The truth is, the successful shows make so much money, the producers are willing to flood the market in search of their next elusive hit. And when the show flops they get to claim the Broadway model doesn'

Some of these shows have grossed billions. Just because many restaurants don't make it doesn't mean the model is bad. Same with writing books. Tons of people don't make any money writing books.  But if you hit that nerve, you can be rich. Same with restaurants. Broadway is a tough nut to crack. I'm certainly not implying it's easy to succeed.  But, let's not worry about giving financial breaks to the rich on the backs of the working people involved.  Bec

Don't kid yourselves.  If the model was broken, producers wouldn't be lining up to get in.  It's mostly their own greed that's hurting things. For example we know that small plays can struggle.  Rather than cutting costs, how about bringing fewer in simultaneously? And the outrageous ticket prices.  The big shows can't possibly carry on if they are netting $1 million dollars a week instead of $1.2 million?Things of that nature.  They eat their own.