Broadway Strike Talks Aim for Happy Ending

Hope of deal emerges as sides 'working hard' to negotiate
By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 26, 2007 5:37 AM CST
Broadway Strike Talks Aim for Happy Ending
Bruce Cohen, spokesman for the Local 1 Union representing the Broadway stagehands, speaks to reporters outside the negotiations between Broadway producers and stagehands Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007 in New York. An ongoing strike by the stagehands have continued to shut down most Broadway shows as of Sunday...   (Associated Press)

The curtain may be falling on the Broadway stagehands' strike, as producers and union reps sat down yesterday in an effort to resolve the dispute for the first time in a week. The marathon session, which carried into this morning, had both sides cautiously optimistic, reports Newsday: "I think we're going to be able to make a deal," said the head of negotiations for one of three theater owners affected by the strike.

"Our people have their spreadsheets open, calculators going and I would assume the other side is all on the hopes of trying to come to conclusion," reports a union spokesman, who added, "Both sides are working hard." The strike, which began Nov. 10, costs the city an estimated $2 million per day. (More Broadway stories.)

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