Broadway Stagehands Strike

“The city continues to stand ready to help in any way we can.”

From 'Wicked' to 'The Phantom of the Opera,' from 'Mamma Mia!' to 'Rent,' most shows did not go on as Broadway stagehands walked off the job, shutting down more than two dozen plays and musicals.

It was a dramatic, uncertain day in the Times Square area for disappointed theatergoers, who mingled on the streets Saturday while striking Local One stagehands picketed in an orderly fashion behind barricades and declined to talk to reporters. The union had no official comment on the walkout.

No new negotiations have been scheduled between Local One and the League of American Theatres and Producers, so the outlook for a quick settlement looks murky. Read more