“This is the second time the Wing and the League have promoted a non-union show. Last year, in a stunning display of bad taste, a scene from a tacky-looking cruise-ship production of “Hairspray” was broadcast on the Tonys. Equity protested because cruise ships are not required to use union actors.”
Tag: 05.03.13
Summer Of The Hollywood Blockbuster (Too Much?)
“Starting with Walt Disney Co.’s DIS +0.30% “Iron Man 3″ this weekend, major studios are poised to release about 22 big-budget movies this summer, including sequels, costly action-adventure movies and animated movies, most with production budgets of well over $100 million. Last year there were 15, and for each of the three summers before that there were between 12 and 15.”
Netflix Losing Hundreds Of Movies
“According to Instant Watcher, a website that tracks all changes to Netflix’s U.S. catalogue, a total of 1,794 titles will expire in May. Lost titles include classic James Bond films Dr. No and Goldfinger; Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories;and 15 seasons of Comedy Central’s South Park.”
Mariinsky Unveils Gleaming New Theatre
“The new building sits beside the historic 19th-Century Mariinsky Theatre, the birthplace of ballets such as Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty. At $700m (£450.5m), it has divided opinion, with some criticising the modernist architecture and cost.”
Osmo Vänskä Says He’ll Quit If Minnesota Orchestra Doesn’t Settle Lockout
“I must make it clear, that in the case Carnegie Hall chooses to cancel the Minnesota Orchestra’s concerts this November, i.e. if they lose confidence in our ability to perform … then I will be forced to resign,” the Minnesota Orchestra music director wrote in a letter to the board chairman and the CEO.