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New Touring/Theater Feature Added to the AFM Website

  -  Theatre, Touring, and Booking Division Director

We are introducing a new feature in the members section of the AFM website—a section that is designed to improve and increase communication between the union and our members working under theatrical trade agreements across the country.

Our first postings to this new site offer video/audio comments and impressions from a few of the musicians working on “Dear Evan Hansen,” one of our many Pamphlet B tours. To listen, go online to https://members.afm.org/member/library, click on the “Theatre, Touring, and Booking” folder, and click these links:

“The experience of Broadway show touring musicians – Dear Evan Hansen, in July 2019 in Boston”

“The Steward: Matt Brown – Dear Evan Hansen, in July 2019 in Boston” 

“The Pamphlet B: a short intro – the case of Dear Evan Hansen”

More links and information will continue to be posted to the new section, so be sure to check back often. And if you want to share your thoughts and experiences of working under AFM theatrical trade agreements, send me an email and let me know: tgagliardi@afm.org.







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