King and I reviews?
Mon, 18 Oct 2004, 12:24 amWalter Plinge50 posts in thread
King and I reviews?
Mon, 18 Oct 2004, 12:24 amHi,
Has anyone seen the King and I in Perth? Any thoughts or reviews??
I'm thinking of seeing it this week.
Re: Pro-amlet, Pro-ince of Deutsch Mark
Thu, 21 Oct 2004, 08:15 pmWalter Plinge
I wrote to the above post without checking this debate first!!!
The $20 is said to cover tea / coffee and so on - I, personally, think this is a little rude considering that all the actors are working for free - and very long hours they are working too (believe me, I would know) Of course the actors knew they weren't being paid - however at least one member of the cast recieved a free advertisement as payment.
The actors are expected to pay $6 for make-up.
The MS Society, however, have NOOOO idea how to treat actors.
Today, ALL the understudies were fired (funny term when you don't get paid). I have seen two performances of the show - one understudy, one not. Personally, I preferred the understudies - a much better cast all round. However, 3 people complained about the quality of the show on the Wednesday understudy performance. I don't know who or what they mentioned but today there are some very angry actors in Perth. And I don't blame them. They were promised a certain about of performances and this was not fullfilled. I could understand if they were terrible (but then, I'd wonder why they were cast in the first place) but the fact is they were not, in fact far from it. If anything, I'd be firing some of the "real" cast and letting the understudies take over.
I think the MS Society need to have a look at how they are running this. They have already advertised "Les Miserables" - I wonder if they'll get a cast at all?
The $20 is said to cover tea / coffee and so on - I, personally, think this is a little rude considering that all the actors are working for free - and very long hours they are working too (believe me, I would know) Of course the actors knew they weren't being paid - however at least one member of the cast recieved a free advertisement as payment.
The actors are expected to pay $6 for make-up.
The MS Society, however, have NOOOO idea how to treat actors.
Today, ALL the understudies were fired (funny term when you don't get paid). I have seen two performances of the show - one understudy, one not. Personally, I preferred the understudies - a much better cast all round. However, 3 people complained about the quality of the show on the Wednesday understudy performance. I don't know who or what they mentioned but today there are some very angry actors in Perth. And I don't blame them. They were promised a certain about of performances and this was not fullfilled. I could understand if they were terrible (but then, I'd wonder why they were cast in the first place) but the fact is they were not, in fact far from it. If anything, I'd be firing some of the "real" cast and letting the understudies take over.
I think the MS Society need to have a look at how they are running this. They have already advertised "Les Miserables" - I wonder if they'll get a cast at all?
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