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...called the theater musicians out on strike. The timing was metronomic. As Broadway was gearing up for what promised to be its biggest season in ten years, nine musicals went dark and some 875 people were thrown out of work. The League's chief negotiator, Gerald Schoenfeld of the Shubert Organization, estimated that Broadway theaters and related businesses are losing some $2.5 million a week...
...minimum weekly salary of $290, for a seven-performance, five-day week. The League has countered with a minimum of $400 for an eight-performance, six-day week, provided that the musicians give up bonuses for such extras as performing onstage and playing more than one instrument. Says Schoenfeld: "It's incredible! They even want an increase for 'walkers...
...League is hunkering down for a long siege. Other unions as yet have showed no inclination to join the musicians; actors have demonstrated against the strike. Says Prince: "I feel a solidarity around me." Time is on the producers' side. Warns Schoenfeld: "It doesn't cost management anything to keep a show closed...
Almost every producer believes some form of government help is necessary. Papp and Producer David Merrick opt for straight subsidies. Gerald Schoenfeld, co-executive director of Shubert, thinks that angels should be allowed to deduct investments from their taxes and that the taxes paid by the Broadway area should be pumped back into it. Subsidies from public and private sources already support the flourishing nonprofit theaters that now feed Broadway. The most promising young playwrights have come from them too. Terrence McNally (Bad Habits, The Ritz) got his start at the Manhattan Theater Club. So did Mark Medoff (The Wager...
...College Basketball Officials Association has chosen Harvard as the recipient of its annual Schoenfeld Award for Sportsmanship, Sanders announced last night at the team's 1973-74 awards banquet...