"Just so everyone knows where to go if they find out about an illegal production, I know some places to go to for certain shows
Hairspray - I tell Marc Shaiman Wicked - Michael Cole (Stephen Schwartz's assistant) Any of the Disney shows - I report to Disney I don't know about any other places. Phyllis Rogers Stone, you should have reported that illegal production. You were ripping Stephen Schwartz off. He worked very hard to make "Wicked" a great show, and he actually does make some money from the productions around the world, but he loses money when some people who are stupid decide to go and break the law and do an illegal production."
How exactly do you find out about these "illegal productions"? Is that what you do when your not in school? Are you expecting money or something?
And how exactly does he lose money when someone puts on an illegal production? Because he isn't making it? That doesn't make sense.
I guess you could call it a "hobby". I go on YouTube, and I search sometimes for hours, I search "Wicked (or whatever show I'm looking for" high school, school, mexico (very common place for these)" or I go on a Message Board and search with those terms, or I just Google. Then, I go to whoever handles that show and report it. It makes me feel good to know that I am helping the art of musical theatre.
I would never have anything to do with producing an illegal production. I have reported friends' (well, ex-friends now) productions. I just don't think that it is right.
Updated On: 6/12/08 at 11:12 PM
I am not a racist. I have found 8 different illegal productions in Mexico. They seem to be more common there. I have also reported ones from Peru, Brazil, Israel, and the United States. I don't think illegal productions are ever okay.
Why wouldn't I be serious? I feel that if I can't raise money for Broadway shows everyday, this is very close (because I'm helping Broadway shows and all) so everyone should help. I don't know why everyone doesn't do this.
"Why wouldn't I be serious? I feel that if I can't raise money for Broadway shows everyday, this is very close (because I'm helping Broadway shows and all) so everyone should help. I don't know why everyone doesn't do this. "
How does it help "raise money" or help the economic situation at all? You've yet to answer that.
Seriously, I have not said anything here at all yet, but if you have time to check youtube for illegal performances of Broadway shows, you have problems. I understand that there are shows where the rights are not available yet. However, do you even know besides that, what these productions are? For all you know these people are not doing it for profit, which in itself is not illegal, as far as I know. Or again, if someone wants to have fun on their porch singing the songs, and putting them on youtube, then let them be. Again, it is only illegal if they are making a profit off of it.
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