Broadway stagehands OK contract
Published 10:25 pm Sunday, December 9, 2007
NEW YORK — Broadway stagehands on Sunday approved a new contract with producers, nearly two weeks after the end of a strike that shut down more than two dozen Broadway shows.
“It was an overwhelming ratification,” said Bruce Cohen, a spokesman for Local 1 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. He declined to give an exact tally of the vote.
The 19-day walkout began Nov. 10, closing such hit musicals as “Wicked,” “Jersey Boys,” “The Lion King,” “Rent,” “Mamma Mia!” and “The Phantom of the Opera.” It also delayed the openings of such new productions as “August: Osage County,” “The Seafarer” and “The Little Mermaid.”
The strike ended Nov. 28, with productions reopening the following day.
