But of late there has been a rehabilitation of the form. This is farce for the 21st century. Director Deborah Warner thinks so, and she's slashing prices for some of the best seats at her West End hit 'Medea' to encourage young people to come to the theatre. Some of the guild's top leaders are making exits. The financial situation is a bit rocky.
Partisan rivalries continue to fester.
And all this is taking place on the eve of another serious contract negotiation. Furthermore, as many guild leaders admit, communication with members and with the media has been lacking. It's part of its review-free Broadway previews, they say, as though that fabled strip extended through Harlem, the Bronx and into Connecticut. Now he can do no wrong. Why this change of critical heart came about, I'm not quite sure.