The B'way Strike is About The Red Sox

by bxgrl1 on Nov 12, 2007 9:04 PM EST Comment 13 comments

The Broadway stage hands strike went into day 3 without any budging from either side.

Among the "human interest" stories that the local news has run in the past few days were the couple from Scotland who bought tickets to TEN Broadway shows this week, hoping to see everything they could get tickets for. While they have tickets to one or two that are still playing, most of the trip, that took much planning and saving, is a bust.

Another story is how children have come from far and near to see the Grinch Who Stole Christmas to find that the grinch really did steal Christmas. Almost every NYC news station has had some footage of children crying as well as bad puns about the grinch producers.

Although the stagehands have the support of most people in theater, except for the highest paid actors, most people working in the theater are feeling a tremendous financial pinch.

NYC is losing millions of dollars a day.

The Broadway stagehand strike is having a tremendous impact on the NY holiday season, it is a financial nightmare and is breaking hearts everywhere.

But, have no fear that this story has NOTHING to do with baseball. You didn't think this had ANYTHING to do with baseball did you?

WRONG.

The NY Daily News interviewed a couple from Massachusetts who had to return to MA on Sunday without seeing whatever it was they came to see over the weekend. As they boarded their Amtrak train they reported that they were very angry and were sure it was revenge for the Red Sox winning the World Series.

Excuse me: WHAT?????????????????

Do those people in Boston have nothing else to freaking talk about????

NEWSFREAKINGFLASH: THE BROADWAY STAGEHAND STRIKE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RED SOX.

Get a life Massholes!

I'm sorry but this just made me CRAZY.

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For the sake of humanity

I hope that couple was only joking.

Fear the Evil Empire

by pfistyunc on Nov 12, 2007 9:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

The Scottish couple?

No they were serious. They are HUGE theater buffs and planned to go to ten shows in a week.

Yeah, it's a bit much but the poor guy looked devastated on TV.

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Nov 12, 2007 10:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He was talking about the Massholes

I feel bad for the Scots. I'd be pissed too if I were them. And 10 shows in a week would be awesome.

by SenorSwanky on Nov 12, 2007 11:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

No the Massholes

were in the paper along with a picture of them getting on the train.

Yes, it's all about the RS.

There is obviously nothing else to do or talk about in Boston. When you want to DO something, you come to NY and when there is nothing to do there, you talk about the Sux.

NY has been consumed with the Broadway strike because it's a very big deal but to my knowledge, they're the only ones who somehow linked it to baseball. Even in NY where we have two baseball teams, the thought never occurred to us that it was somehow connected.

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Nov 13, 2007 5:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

don't you know

that everything revolves around the sox!? It must have been Hank and Hal who made sure that the stagehand strike happened when the two redsox fans were in town.
VENGEANCE IS OURS!!!!!

by beantownbosoxh8er on Nov 13, 2007 9:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

well now they're gone

can we please have lights on Broadway again? I have tickets for FRIDAY!!!

Damn you Red Sox avengers!

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Nov 13, 2007 9:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of the strike

How is the news coverage on local NY news? Out here in LA, the coverage on the WGA strike has been practically non-existent.

by docgonzo on Nov 13, 2007 10:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

There's a lot of coverage

that says nothing except how much it's costing and how it's about to ruin the holiday season. Once the first weekend passed we couldn't get any more good pix of kids crying in front of The Grinch show.

I pass two or three theaters on my way home each night and tonight some lady was yelling at the striking stage hands for ruining people's vacations. I expect scenes like that to wind on the news.

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Nov 13, 2007 10:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

word is they are

going to bring in spitzer or another high level govt official to sit down and mediate. i am an actor and work for a non-profit in the city that subsides in part on selling tickets to bway shows, so i've have insider folks on both sides. i don't think anything wil be resolved this week, but next week is the busiest NYC theatre week of year, put that together with the raised ticket prices for the holidays-- the producers stand to lose upwards of $100 million (roughly one-third of an A-rod) just next week. I would hope that for everyone involved cooler heads will prevail by monday and things get settled.

i wrote a blog on this a few days ago-- if anyone cares to read it, go here.

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball. -Mickey Mantle

by NumberSeven on Nov 14, 2007 11:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs