Broadway
Broadway negotiations set to resume
November 28, 2007The League of American Theatres and Producers and Local One, the union representing striking Broadway stagehands, planned to resume talks Wednesday. The first new round of negotiations since the strike shut down most of Broadway on Nov. 10, began...
Jessica Alba heads to Broadway
November 27, 2007Jessica Alba is leaving Hollywood for Broadway. Because the writers strike is keeping so long time and is causing serious damages for the movie industry. The actor is heading through other jobs. Alba is s lining up a stint on the Broadway stage...
Still no deal in Broadway stagehand strike
November 27, 2007Striking stagehands and Broadway producers resumed talks Monday night, but did not reach a deal as the session ended Tuesday morning. The first new round of negotiations, since the strike shut down most of Broadway on Nov. 10, began Sunday and ran...
- November 24, 2007
"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" opened on strike-bound Broadway Friday after a Manhattan judge said the New York show could go on. Most of Broadway is dark due to a stagehand strike that began Nov. 10. Earlier this week,...
Talks resume in Broadway stagehands strike
November 18, 2007A fresh round of talks Saturday between Broadway producers and stagehands had some expressing hope the New York strike might end soon. Stage actors and directors alike said the negotiations could signal progress toward settling the strike, which has...
Talks scheduled in Broadway strike
November 15, 2007Negotiations are set to resume in New York between the striking Broadway stagehands union and the League of American Theaters and Producers. Most of Broadway has been dark since Saturday when stagehands walked off the job. "Talks have been...
Stagehand union: The show may not go on
October 22, 2007The union that represents most Broadway stagehands voted Sunday to give its leaders authority to call a strike. There is still hope for Broadway fans, however, since the vote does not mean a strike is inevitable, The New York Times reported. The...
Bloomberg offers to mediate B'Way talks
October 18, 2007New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was reportedly rebuffed when he offered to mediate talks between Broadway stagehands, theater owners and producers. The New York Post said Bloomberg contacted union Local 1 president, James Claffey, and offered...
Aaron Sorkin returns to Broadway with “The Farnsworth Invention”
July 26, 2007Aaron Sorkin is trading the Sunset Strip for Broadway. The creator of television's ''The West Wing'' and ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' will return to Broadway this fall with ''The Farnsworth Invention,'' his new play about the birth of television...
'Spring Awakening' becoming smash hit
January 29, 2007The Broadway production of the musical "Spring Awakening" is proving to be an unprecedented success, the New York Daily News reported. The play, adapted from a German play by Franz Wedekind written in 1891, follows a group of teenagers grappling...
