Stagehands on Strike: BroadwayWorld.com Strike Coverage

By: Nov. 10, 2007
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At 11am on Saturday, November 10th the Theatrical Stage Employees Union/Local One went on strike, shutting down nearly all of Broadway. The decision to walk off the job came after negotiations stalled between Theatrical Stage Employees Union/Local One and the League of American Theatres and Producers.

A total of 35 shows are currently running on Broadway, with the majority of them affected by the strike. The non-profit houses and a handful of others operate under separate contracts and will remain open. They include: The New Amsterdam (Mary Poppins), Helen Hayes Theatre (Xanadu), Hilton Theatre (Young Frankenstein), Circle in the Square (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), American Airlines Theatre (Pygmalion), Studio 54 (The Ritz) and Biltmore Theatre (Mauritius) and Vivian Beaumont (Cymbeline). 

For a list of Off-Broadway shows, none of which are affected by the strike, currently running, click here.

For those in need of information on how to collect refunds, click here. 

Please check back throughout the weekend to BroadwayWorld.com as we provide continued continued coverage of the strike from our editorial staff.

Since July, the union and the League have been in rigorous contract negotiations, which came to a stand-still in late October when both sides proposed their "final offers." Local One, which has been operating without a contract since negotiations began, was toldFriday by its parent union, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, to begin the walkout on Saturday.

Broadway producers have proposed loosening rules on when stagehands are needed for work, how many are needed and what tasks they are allowed to perform. The union has countered that any alterations made to the rules that would mean less work for stagehands, and therefore needs to come with exchanges of equal value. This comes most into play during the expensive process of loading in new shows.

BroadwayWorld.com will bring you the latest on the strike and related news as it develops.


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