My Weekend Ruined... by a STRIKE?

Here we go again! This time, it's the Broadway stagehands union that is striking! And what horrible timing they have. As I had hinted on Friday, my weekend SHOULD have been a party-rific, celebrity-drenched fun fest. But no. Here's the deal. I SHOULD have been a party celebrating the launch of "Young Frankenstein"on Broadway. Then, the stagehands went on strike, and all bets were off. To make things more confusing, "Young Frankenstein" is one of the eight shows that aren't effected by the strike. However, I was told that the party hosts thought it would be in bad taste to host a lavish party while so many in the Broadway family are on strike, so the party was scrubbed.

Just in case you are keeping score, here is a list of which shows are still on during the strike:

Cymbeline at the Vivian Beaumont Theater
Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam Theatre
Mauritius at the Biltmore Theatre
Pygmalion at the American Airlines Theatre
The Ritz at Studio 54
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Circle in the Square
Xanadu at the Helen Hayes Theatre
Young Frankenstein at the Hilton Theatre



And the following shows will be dark due to the strike:



August: Osage County at the Imperial Theatre
Avenue Q at the Golden Theatre
A Bronx Tale at the Walter Kerr Theatre
Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre
A Chorus Line at the Schoenfeld Theatre
The Color Purple at the Broadway Theatre
Curtains at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Cyrano de Bergerac at the Richard Rodgers Theatre
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas at the St. James Theatre
The Drowsy Chaperone at the Marquis Theatre
Duran Duran at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
The Farnsworth Invention at the Music Box Theatre
Grease at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Hairspray at the Neil Simon Theatre
Is He Dead? at the Lyceum Theatre
Jersey Boys at the August Wilson Theatre
Legally Blonde at the Palace Theatre
Les Misérables at the Broadhurst Theatre
The Lion King at the Minskoff Theatre
The Little Mermaid at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Mamma Mia! at the Winter Garden Theatre
Monty Python's Spamalot at the Shubert Theatre
The Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theatre
Rent at the Nederlander Theatre
Rock 'n' Roll at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
The Seafarer at the Booth Theatre
Spring Awakening at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Wicked at the Gershwin Theatre

Let's hope all of the strikes are settled soon so everyone can back to work and the world can be entertained again!