Let's be optimistic and presume that news breaks out at 10pm tonight that the strike has been resolved, and that performances will start again on Tuesday. What then?
Will the Nederlanders still sue the stagehands for $35 million? Will Jujamcyn follow through on its appeal to close down THE GRINCH?
And what of all those plays that need to reschedule their openings? Do we have time for all that prior to New Years? CYMBELINE opens Sunday night of next week, so I imagine that SEAFARER and maybe also FARNSWORTH could try to pencil in their openings later this week. Or maybe they shouldn't have openings at all. Just play a few practice performances so everyone can get back into the groove, then invite the critics and have their reviews roll out one by one.
And what of our audience? What of those little kids who got burned when they found out THE LITTLE MERMAID was not running? Will they come back?
But first things first....Let's solve this labor dispute and get all of Broadway up and running. For if we don't do that, what difference will the rest make?
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I am disgusted by this article. Do you have any idea what we were all fighting for during this strike, for the last 19 days? Clearly not. If you love theatre so much you would have been out on the picket lines fighting for the stagehands, stage managers and actors that you love so much. Educate yourself!