Klarinet Archive - Posting 000351.txt from 2003/03

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] New York Theater Strike
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 18:22:25 -0500

According to the CBS radio new report I just heard, the actors and the
stagehands will refuse to cross the Musician's picket line.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Krelove [mailto:karlkrelove@-----.net]
>
> I just heard a short (30 second) blip on the local dinner time TV news
> reporting an imminent strike by Local 802 theater pit musicians
> in New York.
> At the end of the blip the reporter said that all the theaters
> (13, I think)
> that were affected had announced that the shows would go on, but possibly
> with recorded accompaniment tracks if the strike actually takes place.
>
> Never mind for now the pros and cons of such a strike for the
> musicians. I'm
> curious as to whether it would be possible for a theater employing Equity
> actors/singers and union stage crews to stage anything while
> being picketed
> by AFM. I realize there was probably much more left unsaid by the
> reporter,
> who had very little time on air. Is the history that the unions
> in New York
> theaters honor each others' picket lines or cross them?
>
> Very curious...
>
> Karl Krelove
>
>
>
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