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Strike Fallout, Part Two? Opening Nights In Question

Strike Fallout, Part Two? Opening Nights In Question

Yesterday, I reported how Duran Duran: Red Carpet Massacre shifted from the Ethel Barrymore Theatre to the Theatre District's Roseland Ballroom for the remainder of its limited New York City engagement minus, of course, the stage elements.

That transfer became the first casualty of sorts of the stagehands strike. Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.) initiated its strike yesterday against The League of American Theatres and Producers, which includes the Barrymore Theatre.

Today, it looks like the next domino to fall may be previously scheduled opening nights for two high profile plays -- Aaron Sorkin's The Farnsworth Invention at the Music Box Theatre (scheduled to open on November 14) and Conor McPherson's The Seafarer (scheduled to open on November 15) directly across the street at the Booth Theatre.

According to Playbill:

[P]roducers of those shows are contemplating rescheduling the official opening nights.

"If the strike continues," a spokesperson for both shows told Playbill.com, "the openings will be changed." If those dates are revised, the producers are asking critics to hold their reviews until the new opening dates.

UPDATE (November 13, 3:42 pm EST): The opening night for The Farnsworth Invention has been postponed indefinitely.

Stay tuned for the latest developments related to the strike.

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Labels: Duran Duran, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, League of American Theatres and Producers, Local One, Lockout, Stagehands, Strike, The Farnsworth Invention, The Seafarer

posted by Steve On Broadway (SOB) @ Monday, November 12, 2007