Broadway Blog - 'Everyone Should Take A Paycut'; 'It feels like putting a pet to sleep' and other closing quotables

By: Jan. 06, 2009
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'Everyone Should Take A Paycut'; 'It feels like putting a pet to sleep' and other closing quotables
by Craig Brockman - January 06, 2009

With the closing of several shows this past weekend, this new article in the International Herald Tribune discusses what's in store for the future for some with quotes from several Broadway notables. 

One "radical" idea suggested by Tony Award Nominated actress, Kerry Butler in the article is that "everyone should take a pay cut" so that theater tickets could be reduced in price. "The crew, the actors - if we're in a recession, let's all take a pay cut," Butler said, before adding, "My agent will kill me."

Marc Shaiman told the Tribune about the closing of Hairspray, "For me, it feels like putting a pet to sleep, but not because it's sick - because you can't afford dog food, so I can't make peace with it - if I had seen it sick and dying, I could make more peace with it."

Click here to read more of what Marc Shaiman, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Margo Lion, Laura Bell Bundy, Hallie Foote, Allan Gordon, and Sonia Friedman had to say about their shows and what the future holds...


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