The show will be filmed in the empty Broadway theater where it had been playing in previews, and still plans to open in May 2021.
The production plans to rehearse, record a cast album and then mount a performance of the show which will be captured for future release on Netflix.
Labor leaders from five unions including Actors’ Equity Association today joined together to demand Senate action on the HEROES Act, calling the additional $600 in weekly pandemic unemployment benefits essential for food and shelter.
Labor unions united today to discuss the HEROES Act.
But there will not be an industry to save unless attention is paid to the people who make theater possible: actors, stage managers, stagehands, musicians and more.
There’s no cheek-to-cheek dance or whispering of sweet nothings between Belle and the Beast in a new show attraction that’s the latest Walt Disney World production revamped for a park without actors.
The move to replace BEAUTY AND THE BEAST with a show that features performers not represented by Actors' Equity has sparked backlash.
Walt Disney World on Sunday repurposed another stage to present a show that does not feature performers represented by the Actors’ Equity Association. The theme-park company and the performers union are locked in a battle over how to safely return actors to work.
The Performing Arts have enjoyed a summer home in The Berkshires throughout the last century. In late February 2020 schedules and plans for the hundreds of performances that would take place on dozens of stages across the region were announced.
Walt Disney World and the Actors’ Equity Association have been butting heads about the reopening of the theme parks. Disney previously said that they would love to reopen stage shows, but the Actors’ Equity Association has been pushing back.