In Saturday’s (10/8) Philadelphia Inquirer, David Patrick Stearns reports, “Despite the scheduled resumption of negotiations between the Kimmel Center and striking Local 8 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, uncertainty over the outcome has prompted the Philadelphia Orchestra to move its opening night. ‘It was imperative that we find a way to ensure that the music is played,’ the Philadelphia Orchestra’s executive vice president, Ari Solotoff, said Friday. The Thursday opening will be held at the Irvine Auditorium at the University of Pennsylvania. The post-concert gala will be held at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. … The union, which includes stagehands, ushers, box-office personnel, and others, went on strike briefly last weekend but agreed to a weeklong cooling-off period that ends Sunday afternoon. On Thursday, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia canceled its Oct. 16 and 17 concerts at the Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center. Several other programs also have been scratched, including last Saturday’s Audra McDonald concert, rescheduled for November. Negotiations are scheduled to resume on Tuesday.”
Posted October 11, 2011
