Snow White and the Four Dwarves (+ 2 dwarf like puppets)

In a desperate act of cost-cutting, a German theatrical production of "Snow White and Seven Dwarfs" had to lay off three of its dwarfs. They were replaced by puppets. The theater said it had attached two puppets in dwarf outfits to a background wall to give the production six dwarves. The actor playing the prince was supposed to double as the seventh dwarf but only made one brief appearance on stage. "The seventh dwarf wasn't on stage the whole time because he was stuck down in the mine working overtime," theater spokeswoman Susanne Kreuzer told the newspaper.

Seriously now...what are we coming to when dwarfs are being laid off.