No. And I would never suggest that. Molting and rising from the ashes is the nature of Broadway. All I'm saying is that it's really rude to be smug and happy about people losing work because of a name on a marquee of a person who doesn't give a shit what's happening with the show and won't care that it's gone.

No, it is. Being happy that people are losing their jobs is a really asshole-y thing. Sorry, clearly you're not involved in the industry but anyone who is and anyone who understands how disconnected Woody Allen is from the actual operations of this show tends to react to a closing notice with sensitivity and sadness.…

It being the "nature of the business" doesn't make it any less unfortunate. We're not talking about glamorous people with leading roles in the show (though I think most people would be shocked about how not wealthy and not glamorous the life of an average Broadway performer is), we're talking about blue collar union…

I could give a shit about Woody Allen and I think he's trash. But guess what? He doesn't give a shit about this show. I do give a shit about blue collar union workers and minimum wage employees who are now out of jobs. That makes me sad. I'm sorry that you can't see the human face of what happens when shows close…

Get over it is a real nice thing to say to people who lose their jobs. Not all people who work on Broadway are actors. Most people in theatre are blue collar union workers doing technical jobs or minimum wage bar and merchandise staff. Not really the people I'd be telling to suck it in this world but you do you.

That doesn't make it not heartbreaking for a lot of people.

Do you think I'm talking about actors? Because I'm not. I'm talking about the blue collar union workers who work backstage (S/O IATSE Local 1!) who build sets, manage the props, deal with the MYRIAD technical elements involved in a Broadway show, water vendors, ticket takers, ushers, merchandise sellers, bathroom…

Sorry, the comments on this article are pretty smug and not at all related to discussing the good and bad of the situation. As one of many people who works in theatre who frequents this website, I would imagine that people would be a little more sensitive to everyone who is not Woody Allen who is having their paycheck…

Um, a lot of theatre employees are working class people who have gotten into their jobs (ushering, FOH staff, etc) via their families who have been in the union that governs those positions for a long time. They don't exactly make bank. So, sorry if I think it's rude to piss on the grave of a show because of literally…

Yeah it's super hilarious that hundreds of employees at the show/theatre (some of whom are working for minimum wage) are now unemployed just because you have a personal vendetta against literally one person of hundreds working on this project.

If ANYONE is even contemplating celebrating this because of Woody's involvement, you're an ass, FYI. When shows close, hundreds of people lose their jobs and on very short notice. Working in theatre it is incredibly difficult to sustain a career and it isn't just actors who lose their jobs or have shifts cut, it's…

Yay hundreds of people who aren't Woody Allen are now unemployed!!!!! Yay!!!! Stick it to 'em!!!!

Uhhhh what? It's not a Woody Allen musical, it's a musical adaptation of the film Bullets Over Broadway. Given the subject matter of the movie and how en vogue movie adaptations are, I'm not sure how it's surprising or odd that they took a stab at it?

(double post! sorry!)

Well, if you have a job that is your sole source of income and had previously thought of that job as being a long-term one for you and are notified, say, tomorrow that your employer will stop covering your essential medication within 60 days, that does put an incredible, unreasonable amount of strain on an employee.…

How though? That's, again, a false equivalency. Being denied essential care has a demonstrable, negative physical effect on an employee. What quantifiable, shown physical damage is being caused to the employer in this situation? In order to compare them, we have to be talking about the same kind of harm.

But your equivalency is just false. The employers "choice" has severe negative repercussions for the employee that an employee's choice would not have on the employer. They are not the same or inverse in any way.

So employers should be able to deny care for serious medical conditions? Because birth control isn't just used for contraception. I was put on it as a child because I had irregular hormone levels. It also helps me with my ovarian cysts which are incredibly painful and when larger than a certain size, operable. I…

I wouldn't presume to know what it's like for a cat to be pregnant, so thus I probably wouldn't give a cat advice on medical treatments that should be handled by a vet. Why can't men get this through their heads with women? You are not qualified to make these judgment calls!!!!

Conversely, if you're playing CaH with good-humored not-dicks, it's HELLA fun and nobody can tell me otherwise. Intent is a big part of meaning and nobody I play with is intending to hurt anyone's feelings, just to be as ridiculous as possible and make people laugh.