Post-pandemic cast changes
Post-pandemic cast changes
Post-pandemic cast changes#1
Posted: 7/11/21 at 12:26pmAnyone know where we can find who are new cast members coming into shows upon re-opening ?
Post-pandemic cast changes#2
Posted: 7/11/21 at 12:39pmOnce that information is available, it would be on the show's official website.
Post-pandemic cast changes#4
Posted: 7/11/21 at 9:37pmCome From Away is apparently casting a new Kevin T.
Post-pandemic cast changes#5
Posted: 7/11/21 at 9:53pm
Post-pandemic cast changes#6
Posted: 7/11/21 at 10:55pm
Thank God CFA has decided to recast Kimball. I got to see/meet him back in 2017, but after reports surfaced last summer that he was a "COVIDiot" by protesting states' pandemic restrictions, I think Telsey + Co. is doing the right thing by moving on from him (unless Kimball himself backed out). Quite clearly he does not represent the beliefs of most everyone else in the B'way community.
Post-pandemic cast changes#7
Posted: 7/11/21 at 11:25pm
CFA casting is ultimately up to the director and producers, not Telsey + Co., but yeah Kimball is yet another person to commit career suicide via social media. He may have simply chosen not to return, but I imagine he alienated so many people in such a public way that the team decided it was better to have him continue to limit his singing to church.
From what I’ve gathered so far, other than those mentioned, almost everyone else who had a job on Broadway during the shutdown is being renewed if they want to come back. Which is as it should be.
Post-pandemic cast changes#8
Posted: 7/11/21 at 11:51pm
As much as the Broadway community wants no part of his QAnon a$$, I'd bet a pair of house seats to CFA that Kimball had no intention of returning to a world where vaccinations are not considered Satanic. This has been rehearsed here before, as has an actors right to their roles such that he would have to be terminated with all of the procedures for doing so under the production contract.
Post-pandemic cast changes#9
Posted: 7/12/21 at 9:49am
HogansHero said: "As much as the Broadway community wants no part of his QAnon a$$, I'd bet a pair of house seats to CFA that Kimball had no intention of returning to a world where vaccinations are not considered Satanic. This has been rehearsed here before, as has an actors right to their roles such that he would have to be terminated with all of the procedures for doing so under the production contract."
Let me say first- I agree generally with another poster that the folks who were in a show when the shutdown happened should be allowed to continue when it reopens, I do wonder whether its required legally, though. The casts were all under contracts, presumably with start and end dates. At this point, I'm sure the end dates have long passed. Therefore, the contract has expired (unless it was by number of performances), so technically the productions could do what they want. Now, that doesn't mean that they shouldn't just re-hire everyone who wants back (plus it makes more sense to- at least those folks know the show, which makes getting the show back up and running easier). However, if someone was on their way to getting fired, or had a very short time left on their contract and was not going to get an extension, that may be a different story. Not that the actors would do this, but its also a different story if one of the actors held out for a significant pay bump (unless one was coming anyway before the shutdown).
One other thought- if the contracts are set up such that the producers are required to bring a cast member back, the case members would likely be required to return as well. Sure, most if not all of them would want to, but some may have found something else during the shutdown and for whatever reason (money, stability, career advancement) want to stay with the new role (or whatever).
Given a number of productions still do not have case lists on their website, my guess is at least a few are still working on either getting everyone signed up or are looking for some new people for whatever reason (including some folks no longer being available).
Again, the producers should, in 99% of the cases, rehire everyone. However, they are probably not legally required to, just as the cast members are required to come back.
Post-pandemic cast changes#10
Posted: 7/12/21 at 10:52am
@saxpower Many/most actors were presumably signed to "term contracts" but a "term contract" is actually a rider to the collectively bargained production contract. An actor has a right, but not an obligation (other than giving notice), to continue under the production contract. Now as a practical matter, all other things being equal, an actor who was being paid significantly more than the minimum (e.g., Kimball) is unlikely to return for the minimum.
Post-pandemic cast changes#11
Posted: 7/12/21 at 11:27am
Is there any buzz about who might replace Elizabeth Stanley in JLP? At least for the length of her pregnancy...
Post-pandemic cast changes#12
Posted: 7/12/21 at 3:23pm
GlindatheGood22 said: "Is there any buzz about who might replace Elizabeth Stanley in JLP? At least for the length of her pregnancy..."
I hope Laurel Harris gets a shot at it.
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Post-pandemic cast changes#14
Posted: 7/12/21 at 3:55pm
Seems pretty much all of the Hadestown leads are returning.
Post-pandemic cast changes#15
Posted: 7/12/21 at 8:34pm
HogansHero said: "@saxpower Many/most actors were presumably signed to "term contracts" but a "term contract" is actually a rider to the collectively bargained production contract. An actor has a right, but not an obligation (other than giving notice), to continue under the production contract. Now as a practical matter, all other things being equal, an actor who was being paid significantly more than the minimum (e.g., Kimball) is unlikely to return for the minimum."
My understanding is that all Broadway/Production contracts have expired, but from what I’ve seen from casting announcements, social media posts, etc. most producers are doing the “moral” thing and offering renewals to cast members who were employed during the shutdown even though they are technically not obligated to. I’m sure there will be some notable exceptions though so it will be interesting to see what happens.
Post-pandemic cast changes#16
Posted: 7/12/21 at 9:45pm
The Distinctive Baritone said: "My understanding is that all Broadway/Production contracts have expired, but from what I’ve seen from casting announcements, social media posts, etc. most producers are doing the “moral” thing and offering renewals to cast members who were employed during the shutdown even though they are technically not obligated to. I’m sure there will be some notable exceptions though so it will be interesting to see what happens."
I gather you did not read what you quoted from me. The production contract, the collective bargaining agreement between the league, on behalf of the producers, and AEA, on behalf of its members, has not expired. (Had it, we would be in a pickle. However, that agreement runs through September 2022.) That's the governing agreement for every actor employed on Broadway. As I said, the term contract is a rider to that agreement and those terms have of course expired. Most actors will be offered a new term contract but they are still an employee without one unless they are terminated pursuant to the production contract.
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Post-pandemic cast changes#17
Posted: 7/12/21 at 10:11pm
HogansHero said: "As I said, the term contract is a rider to that agreement and those terms have of course expired. Most actors will be offered a new term contract but they are still an employee without one unless they are terminated pursuant to the production contract."
Are production contracts lucrative enough that actors would stay in the cast even if production chose not to renew their term contract? I don't know anything about this, so I'm wondering if you could effectively "fire" an actor by not renewing their term contract and basically dare them to continue working under the less favorable terms of the production contract.
Post-pandemic cast changes#18
Posted: 7/12/21 at 10:46pm
ctorres23 said: "Are production contracts lucrative enough that actors would stay in the cast even if production chose not to renew their term contract? I don't know anything about this, so I'm wondering if you could effectively "fire" an actor by not renewing their term contract and basically dare them to continue working under the less favorable terms of the production contract."
It depends on the actor. (I more or less addressed this in my earlier post that no one seemed to read. 
) If an actor is being paid somewhere close to the minimum contractual salary (low $2k/week), there is a good chance they might stay. (The term rider does not add very much.) But if they make $3k, 5k, 10k (or more), then yes I would say it is effectively a backdoor way of ending the relationship.
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