The Wrong Way to Put Up a Show
Not too long ago, I had revealed that I learned of the “Oz, The Musical” tour closing sooner than planned. Well, I finally found out the dirt. The show itself was a beautiful show. It had the talent and commitment of the actors. The cast loved what they were doing. The show was doing very well in the first leg of the tour. The economy was not having a bad effect on the shows success.
The producers, however, just didn’t have a clue on what they were doing. It was as though they thought, “Hey, we have money. Why don’t we put up a show?” They were throwing money all over the place and eventually funds began to run out. To try to fix things, they cut the tour in two halves to get their funds in order. When the tour went back up, they could no longer to have any union performers … and eventually did not have enough money to keep the show running altogether. So sad and frustrating. Now that the cast is out of work, they are still waiting to get paid for their last two weeks of work! How terrible!
… talk about the wrong way to put up … and end a show …
