DISNEY CANCELLING SHOWS BECAUSE OF SNOW

[forgetmenotnyc]

Posted: 1/27/15 at 3:08pm

Disney's choice to cancel their shows because of the snow feels like a public relations faux pas, IMHO. I mean, where's the heart, where's the determination, where's the integrity to their audiences? Too many employees/audiences from other states? It feels like a quick retreat of the time-honored theatre ethic of "THE SHOW MUST GO ON!" How appropriate do you feel this move was to the industry's ethics & how does this translate to children/future audiences who may be less inclined to depend on something that they know they can't always count on now?


Updated On: 1/27/15 at 03:08 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/27/15 at 3:15pm

Ok

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/27/15 at 3:16pm

i'm sure the majority of those show's audiences are coming from outside of the city. That may be a factor.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/27/15 at 3:19pm

Won't somebody think of the children?

[PianoMann]

Posted: 1/27/15 at 3:36pm

This was a wise decision on their part: traveling with children in the freezing cold, gusting winds, and icy roads and sidewalks is dangerous. I think many would rather see the show another day than have to decide whether to take the risk or let their (expensive) tickets go to waste. Let's not make this a condemnation of theatrical ethics...

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/27/15 at 3:47pm

Yeah, these shows get a lot of bus trippers, as well as B&T action, so it is the right decision for them.

It isn't whether the cast and crew were able to put on a show. It made a decision not to make it risky for its audience to see it...

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/27/15 at 4:02pm

Plus, they canceled the shows yesterday, so the decision was in the height of Snowpocalypse.

It is easy to say it is silly now. I mean, Louis CK canceled his entire Madison Square Garden show scheduled for tonight yesterday, too.

Today, he wrote: "I guess I didn't have to cancel the show at MSG tonight. I don't blame the mayor. That storm was a monster. We got lucky. When you consider the action taken by the government of entire north east, they got it right. To expect accuracy from each individual mayor is just too much. For us in New York and us in my house and us at MSG it was overblown. But if you expand that "us" to everyone in the path is the storm, they were spot on. My family in Boston is part of us for me. So that's how I look at it."

And he just lost just shy of a week of Aladdin revenues based on that one show.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/27/15 at 4:03pm

BUT THE SHOW MUST GO ON.

[Pootie2]

Posted: 1/27/15 at 4:04pm

Kudos to Louis CK and Disney!