NEW YORK -- The lights came back to Broadway today.A 19-day strike by unionized stagehands that took a chunk out of the local economy during what usually is the biggest tourist season ended with people lining up for theater tickets and others changing previously-wrecked travel plans.
New York City officials estimated the strike will have a negative $38 million impact on the city.
In addition to scuttling some show schedules, the strike caused postponement of scheduled openings. They have been rescheduled as follows:
• Aaron Sorkin's "The Farnsworth Invention" will open Dec. 3.
• Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company will debut "August: Osage County" Dec. 6. (Shown above)
• "The Seafarer" will open Dec, 6,
• The long-lost Mark Twain comedy "Is He dead?" will open Dec. 9.
• A revival of Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming," will premiere Dec. 16.
• Disney's "The Little Mermaid" will debut Jan. 10.
The stagehands and theater producers reached a tentative agreement on matters of wages and work rules.
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