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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
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(Newser) – 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.

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 evening. (AP Photo/Gary...
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....   (Associated Press)
Stagehands John Joseph Kelly, foreground left, and Sean Fedigan, foreground right, chat as they picket Saturday Nov. 24, 2007 outside the Neil Simon Theatre in New York where Kelly is a stagehand for Hairspray. Fedigan is a stagehand for Jersey Boys at the August Wilson Theatre across the street. (AP...
Stagehands John Joseph Kelly, foreground left, and Sean Fedigan, foreground right, chat as they picket Saturday Nov. 24, 2007 outside the Neil Simon Theatre in New York where Kelly is a stagehand for...   (Associated Press)
A row of Broadway theatres along 45th Street remain closed as an ongoing stagehand strike continued to shut down most Broadway shows Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007 in New York. Since Nov. 10, stagehands, who also include scenery, prop and sound people, have been on strike in a dispute with the...
A row of Broadway theatres along 45th Street remain closed as an ongoing stagehand strike continued to shut down most Broadway shows Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007 in New York. Since Nov. 10, stagehands, who also...   (Associated Press)
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