Bway Leaders

The UK has more new cases per capita right now that the US (not NY, the whole US). All along, our UK friends have been delusional at best and irresponsible at worst re reopening. How much more tone deaf could they be than this?

I don't know what leaders here could do that is not creating false hope. We are not going to have unsafe theatre, because of both our responsible government and our responsible unions. The real crisis as it relates to Broadway (and lots else) is the human toll and the devastation in the non-profit sector (especially the smaller theatres). In other countries this is recognized and leaders can help persuade more coin from the government. That is not going to happen here. Not now at least. Broadway itself does not need a handout.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't half capacity productions be easier on the West End than on Broadway due to the lower costs of production and looser union rules in the UK? Also, it seems to me that people like Cameron Mackintosh, who is himself a West End landlord, would be able cut costs even more, as he wouldn't have pay rent for the things he produces. But maybe that still isn't enough to operate a commercial production at severely reduced capacity. And maybe I'm missing something else as well.

And of course, as Hogan pointed out, the non-profit theatres in the UK get money from the government, so it's even easier for them to operate at reduced capacity than on the West End, and certainly easier than commercial Broadway productions.

zainmax said: "I know that there are threads about the shutdown, but I have a q about leaders on Bway

Read in this article that Howard Panter is trying to save the west end, and Ive seen that ALW, Cameron Mackintosh + and Sonia Friedman are also doing stuff. But not much happening here on Bway. Why??

Should Bway producers do something? (Can they even do anything, because Cuomo wont let the theaters reopen?)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2020/10/30/jersey-boys-to-return-to-west-end-as-producer-strives-to-save-theatre-industry/?sh=c5403d11bd1d"

Leadership is doing a lot (not as much as they could/should but a lot,) it's just that most of the work isn't public-facing. Politics are very different in the UK than in the US. Since there are strict limits on fundraising in the UK, public pressure campaigns work well. In the US, it's about using access and influence (and money) to get what you want.

itsjustmejonhotmailcom said: "zainmax said: "I know that there are threads about the shutdown, but I have a q about leaders on Bway

Read in this article that Howard Panter is trying to save the west end, and Ive seen that ALW, Cameron Mackintosh + and Sonia Friedman are also doing stuff. But not much happening here on Bway. Why??

Should Bway producers do something? (Can they even do anything, because Cuomo wont let the theaters reopen?)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2020/10/30/jersey-boys-to-return-to-west-end-as-producer-strives-to-save-theatre-industry/?sh=c5403d11bd1d"

Leadership is doing a lot (not as much as they could/should but a lot,) it's just that most of the work isn't public-facing. Politics are very different in the UK than in the US. Since there are strict limits on fundraising in the UK, public pressure campaigns work well. In the US, it's about using access and influence (andmoney) to get what you want."

You mean like the Bway League lobbying Congress? You might be right... But, I would like to see more stuff that is public, because it sort of seems like no one is doing anything

i feel like if Gerry was still around, we’d see him all over the place

Hogan's Hero I'm with you!