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THEATRICAL100
Featured Actor Joined: 9/12/10
#1NETworks
Posted: 5/20/12 at 8:17am
Honestly, I want to hear your opinion on this company. I think it's great that they are still able to perform shows that people might not see other wise but I certainly don't agree with all of their creative decisions.
And I don't like the PR team. They keep all the separate Facebook pages up and running (even when the show is CLOSED for years) and still give reminders to sign up for their newsletter. I unliked them.)
Marla: I have to go sing about a life I never led.
#2NETworks
Posted: 5/20/12 at 9:41amDon't different shows have different PR teams? Les Miz is a NETworks show but they have BBO-NYC/Pit Bull Interactive. And I don't think Pit Bull has South Pacific for a client, but they're aNETworks tour. Of course, I could be totally wrong.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
Bwaydide92
Leading Actor Joined: 5/16/12
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#3NETworks
Posted: 5/20/12 at 7:37pm$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#5NETworks
Posted: 5/20/12 at 8:11pm
They ruin good shows, particularly the non-eq tour. Take their current BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, for example: the cast is awful, but they're performing in tacky costumes on a cheap-looking set with an orchestra of less than 10. Same with South Pacific.
The Equity tours are better.
PitPro2004
Broadway Star Joined: 2/15/04
#8NETworks
Posted: 5/20/12 at 11:39pmLizzie- I LOVE it when I'm reading a thread, when someone states a fact incorrectly, and I sit there thinking "not really...", you come in and set the world straight.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
JohnyBroadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
#10NETworks
Posted: 5/21/12 at 1:15am
Love their Hairspray and Annie. The national tour of Little Women was something magical. Seussical and Cinderella were Networks and Equity. Going off topic, what were some of the changes from the broadway production to the tour of Little Women? It was my understanding that it did better business on the road?
Updated On: 5/21/12 at 01:15 AM
kipster
Understudy Joined: 1/8/11
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#13NETworks
Posted: 5/21/12 at 8:51amYou're too quick. Or I'm too slow.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
PitPro2004
Broadway Star Joined: 2/15/04
#14NETworks
Posted: 5/21/12 at 6:11pm
I was not aware that NETworks turned union, with the exception of the Les Mis tour, so if that's the case, then wonderful!! All I know is a few years ago, I applied and when I heard about the pay scale, I removed them from my contacts. Twas truly appalling.
Troika is partial union; musicians and techs are, but the cast isn't (or wasn't) the last time I saw one of their shows and that was in January - Fiddler on the Roof. Still, the actors aren't starving.
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium!"
#15NETworks
Posted: 5/21/12 at 9:40pm
NETworks, Troika, etc, produce and manage many different types of live entertainment. At any given time they might have a few self produced non-union productions on the road, as well as 1 or 2 self produced Union shows that they are touring. Sometimes they also General Manage shows and help with the logistics of Touring (travel, bookings, etc.)
Keep in mind-NETworks stands for Non-Equity-Touring works. They will never go fully union, no matter how many Union shows Ken Gentry has his hands in.
Other than that, did you enjoy the play Mrs Lincoln?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
