I'm surprised Hamilton isn't cancelling their performance since they have been so out there about getting people to register and vote.
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I'm sure if Hamilton could cancel, they would. Unfortunately, I don't think people who bought their tickets months in advance would appreciate it. I don't remember shows going dark on election night, but it makes sense as this is a major election being viewed all over the world and the Broadway community has been been very vocal about people voting this year.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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...so why cancel a Broadway show? if anything i'd think going to one would help stave off having to watch all that dreadful election night coverage which i've always wished i could take a nap through but couldn't physically accomplish.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
Because people would be distracted otherwise? Both onstage and off? I'm actually seeing Fun Home in Chicago on Election Night and am glad it's a one-act so no one will be glued to their phones at intermission.
gypsy101 said: "...so why cancel a Broadway show? if anything i'd think going to one would help stave off having to watch all that dreadful election night coverage which i've always wished i could take a nap through but couldn't physically accomplish."
Thank you so...probably don't want to be sued for violating Voting Rights Act. "My voting rights were restricted because I had tickets to Cats."
As over this election season as I am, I would not want to be at a show on election night. I would have to be home to watch the returns. That's just me though.
This has nothing to do with overtime. On any planet. Actors, for the most part, don't have to arrive to the theater until 1/2 hour.
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.
I remember working a show on election day 2008 and having the ushers tell me the current "score" during the show. At the interval, I and a colleague dashed to Time Square to see what was happening and got back there after the show in time to see CNN declare for Obama on the big screen. Such an occasion...
PT.....may I ask WHY? It's not (in any way) a holiday. I've never heard of someone receiving time and a half for Election Day.
I also never thought about actors receiving extra pay on holidays....do they???
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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dramamama611 said: "I also never thought about actors receiving extra pay on holidays....do they??? "
There are provisions for certain holidays in the Production Contract (New Year's Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas). Performances on those days do result in an extra payment if the actor is making less than a certain amount. Under the old contract it was under $5,000 a week, and the payment was 1/16th of their contractual salary if there was one performance scheduled. If there are two performances scheduled then the payment is 3/32nds if the actor performs in both, and 1/32nd if they only perform in one. (This may have changed in the new contract, but the rulebook for that still hasn't been posted to the document library on the AEA website, and I didn't see it mentioned in the summary of changes that is posted).
All that being said, Election Day is not recognized as a day which would incur any extra payments to actors or stage managers, and, quite frankly, I'm kind of surprised that the League let any other union sneak that one in.
gypsy101 said: "isn't voting over by 8 pm basically everywhere?
See below
Primary Elections: In New York City and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam and Erie, POLLS OPEN AT 6 AM - CLOSE AT 9 PM. In all other counties, POLLS OPEN AT 12 NOON and CLOSE AT 9 PM.
Election Day is a holiday in many of the CBAs (not Equity's, however).
"All that being said, Election Day is not recognized as a day which would incur any extra payments to actors or stage managers, and, quite frankly, I'm kind of surprised that the League let any other union sneak that one in."
Not snuck in, it's been in the IATSE contracts for decades.
dramamama611 said: "This has nothing to do with overtime. On any planet. Actors, for the most part, don't have to arrive to the theater until 1/2 hour."
Actors' call time is irrelevant, they're not paid hourly.
Maybe because this election's so heated, they're afraid of rioting and want as few people out as possible, a stupid theory, I know, just putting it out there for no apparent reason other to clutter up the board.