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In a show of good will that we don't even think the firefighters got, the world famous Roxy on the Sunset Strip will be opening its doors to the WGA writers throughout the strike, LAist has just learned.
In support of the writer’s strike, The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood is opening its legendary doors to all members of the Writers Guild of America. Simply presenting a membership card will allow all guild members free admittance to the club through the entirety of the strike for any show with tickets currently available.If we were striking writers, we'd check out IMA Robot (with the Airborne Toxic Event) tomorrow night, the Octopus Project on the 10th, omg the B-52s the 16th, and if the strike lasts that long Juliette Lewis and The Licks on December 8.For availability of tickets, please call:
The Roxy Box Office, 310-278-9457Nic Adler, Owner of The Roxy Theatre said. “ People forget sometimes that LA is as small as it is big. We are all a family, whether it is rocking a stage or writing a mind-blowing script. Writers, like musicians, are here to entertain the world. We support artists here at The Roxy, that’s what we do.”
photo of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Desperate Housewife Eva Longoria by Heath Biter / LAist
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Because if there's one profession that can't afford concerts tix its TV writers. What a cheap ploy for publicity by The Roxy.
Let's hope The Roxy also extends this offer to striking sanitation and grocery store workers.
"Workers" that make on average $30,000-$50,000 an episode deserve free handouts. With the bush economy how can someone live on that meager amount of money.
Oh stop it, torrmoz. Way to piss all over a nice gesture of good will and fellowship.Don't buy into the hype that all writers are rich and getting guild minimums every year. They weren't born into the guild, they struggled to get there. One of my friends who is now a writer actually worked in a supermarket before his writing career took off. Is that real enugh for you? Stop with the faux class struggle stuff. Most writers have secondary/day jobs in addition to writing. Grow up.
You too Rainlillie. Do some research. Writing isn't work? Why, because you don't do it?