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| re: Mother Courage and Her Children at CSC? anyone see it? | |
| Posted by: | PlayWiz 04:57 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Mother Courage and Her Children at CSC? anyone see it? - stan 08:50 am EST 12/21/15 |
| They really should consider having understudies or standbys at that theater, at least for the main character(s)! This isn't the first instance of an actor being out of a recent production and a performance having to be canceled. | |
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| re: Mother Courage and Her Children at CSC? anyone see it? | |
| Posted by: | ryhog 06:07 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Mother Courage and Her Children at CSC? anyone see it? - PlayWiz 04:57 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| are you going to pay for them? I'm sure if you want to endow their hiring of understudies they will be happy to hire them and pay to have them rehearsed and ready before the first preview. | |
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| re: Mother Courage and Her Children at CSC? anyone see it? | |
| Posted by: | PlayWiz 06:15 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Mother Courage and Her Children at CSC? anyone see it? - ryhog 06:07 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| Ms/Mr. Hog, people get disappointed including the other actors when they can't perform. I'm sure there are financial considerations, but they are also losing income when they cancel performance. So get away from your imperial trough. | |
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| re: Mother Courage and Her Children at CSC? anyone see it? | |
| Posted by: | ryhog 07:56 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Mother Courage and Her Children at CSC? anyone see it? - PlayWiz 06:15 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| the occupant of the imperial throne, or trough if you prefer, is the almighty dollar. If you've ever stared at length at the financial statements of companies like CSC as I have, you'd understand that it is a miracle that they exist. You are right there are financial considerations, but people who devote their lives to keeping small NFPs afloat know a thing or two about the tradeoff between understudies and the possibility of canceling a performance. There is only one way to avoid this problem and that is to have a few extra fat cats floating around. I was inviting you to be one. | |
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| re: Mother Courage and Her Children at CSC? anyone see it? | |
| Posted by: | MikeR 06:34 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Mother Courage and Her Children at CSC? anyone see it? - PlayWiz 06:15 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| But it's a valid point and a very real consideration. Until the income they lose exceeds the savings they get by not having understudies, nothing is going to change. Or option 2, AEA changes its rules so that understudies are required for shorter runs like at CSC (in which case they'll probably start programming only plays with very small casts so as to spend less than they would have with current size casts + understudies). | |
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| re: Mother Courage and Her Children at CSC? anyone see it? | |
| Posted by: | Billhaven 08:26 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Mother Courage and Her Children at CSC? anyone see it? - MikeR 06:34 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| Understudies are not usually hired for off-Broadway until the show starts previews. At least, they are not under contract until then. So they would have been out of luck in this instance, anyway. | |
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