By Michael Paulson: “Broadway Cares argued that it could not afford to pay the musicians for an already recorded concert without also paying the other unions. It noted that it had already given $50,000 this year to musicians’ assistance programs, and offered to give another $25,000 to a musicians’ emergency fund, which Viola said would be more than the value of the payment Hair was seeking. But Hair refused that offer, writing, “I do not support and will not agree to your demand for gratis services during the current crisis.”

Broadway Cares then decided it had no choice but to cancel the fund-raiser, which would have been hosted by Ryan McCartan, with live interviews woven into the streamed concert.”

Source: The New York Times