It's Over!

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No more strike! Yay!!!

The Broadway labor dispute was finally resolved on Wednesday!

After 19 days of dark theaters, shows will resume tonight.

The stagehands have reached an agreement with the producers and everyone is happy.

Now go see a Broadway show!

Posted: Nov 29, 2007 at 12:51 am / Email this »

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52 comments to “It's Over!”

al from lawndale says – reply to this

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first biatches
Liz says – reply to this

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FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
frudel says – reply to this

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FIRST! yay
shawonda says – reply to this

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YAYYY! (first?) GO SEE SHOWS!
jd says – reply to this

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1st!! YAY BRITNEY RULES!! BLACKOUT!
doug t says – reply to this

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firrrrrrrrst?!
blah says – reply to this

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who gives a fuck.
Pinche Cagon says – reply to this

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First! First you dirty little bitches! First! Now go all the way down to the balls! You dirty little bitches! You know you love it!! Cause I'm first! First!!!!
macky says – reply to this

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fuckin finally
natalie says – reply to this

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hip hip yay!
ha says – reply to this

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haha yeah
Christina Aguilera says – reply to this

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GUESS THE SONG!

I'm just a girl with the ability to drive a man crazy
Make him call me "mama," make him my new baby
New and improved and sayin' "Thank you very much"
Living legend
You can look, but don't touch

'Cause I'm cold as fire baby, hot as ice
If you've ever been to heaven, this is twice as nice
I'm cold as fire baby, hot as ice
If you've ever been to heaven, this is twice as nice
Break it down, break it down, break it down
Break it down, break it down, break it down
Rob says – reply to this

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boo, more tourists in town
Kurtnirvana says – reply to this

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wtf!!!!!!!!! fucken asss!!!!hole!!!
Princess Mandie says – reply to this

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Que bueno!
mynaughtydog says – reply to this

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Yippee! Happy they figured it out.
la la says – reply to this

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Wish they could have worked this out a few days earlier! I had tickets to Wicked Saturday night that we couldn't use!!

Hope everyone else enjoys the shows.
!!! says – reply to this

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YAY!
bart says – reply to this

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first, lol jk im number 21
Lady Bay says – reply to this

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yay!!!
whymarshawhy says – reply to this

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woot! woot!
Sam says – reply to this

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23rd? yay.
me says – reply to this

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I think people should boycott the shows and refuse to go to the movies and see how they like it
but no one will do it…
doggie balls says – reply to this

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fuck tghem those fucking avctor and actress fuck the fuck them all
chris says – reply to this

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that just goes to show that perez knows nothing. I live in nyc and was walking around times square for awhile tonight and the shows are still closed. Don't know where he get's his info, just shows you he doesn't always get his facts right either
alyna says – reply to this

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uhm.. who the fuck cares about the broadway strike?
Kyekyekie says – reply to this

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Thank god!!!
livingdoll says – reply to this

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FINALLY ! fuckin bitchez
livingdoll says – reply to this

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FINALLY ! fuckin bitchez
I WANT MY FUCKING TV BACK says – reply to this

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Who gives a shit about Broadway, I want the writers strike to be over!

NOW!
amy says – reply to this

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Re: chris –

The strike is over, dumbass. They reached an agreement at 9pm eastern time, of course the theatres weren't going to turn their lights back on and resume shows at the exact second the strike was over.
lauren says – reply to this

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THANK GOD
me and my mama have been posponing a trip to the NY cuase we goo manly to see shows
YAY
=]]
Jose says – reply to this

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Sorry, but now that the strike is over, it's my turn to go on strike, for the same amount of time that the writer's guild chose to take it out on consumers like me.

While I fully understand why the strike took place, I also understand why & how the writer's chose to use us as a bargaining chip (at our expense). Not cool.

So, I now encourage everyone to boycott any business that shut down during the strike, like Broadway.

You see, Broadway really had no reason to shut down ongoing plays. Those works were already "in the can", so to speak. I really felt bad for all those visitors/tourists that had planned months in advance to see NYC, only to have their vacations ruined by this crap. For some, it was a waste of thousands of hard-earned dollars and much deserved vacation time, time they'll never get back. That's just not right.

So, to the writer's,…you can fuck off, for a while. I'm glad you'll be making more money (which we'll be paying for, in the end).

Have a nice day.
Kara says – reply to this

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YES! Finally!!!!!!! This is awesome!!
Kara says – reply to this

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Re: alyna –
Oh I don't know.. How about people who actually are intelligent enough to understand and appreciate Broadway … In other words… Not you O_o
Jose says – reply to this

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About my recent post, some corrections.

The Broadway issue involved the stagehands, I believe. So, fuck them and still boycott the shows for the same reason/s (using us as a bargaining chip, etc…).

And, as for the writer's guild, what I said still goes, fuck them, too.

Thank god for video games.

:-)
Lauren says – reply to this

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"Sorry, but now that the strike is over, it’s my turn to go on strike, for the same amount of time that the writer’s guild chose to take it out on consumers like me.

I really felt bad for all those visitors/tourists that had planned months in advance to see NYC, only to have their vacations ruined by this crap. For some, it was a waste of thousands of hard-earned dollars and much deserved vacation time, time they’ll never get back. That’s just not right.
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Amen Jose!

I'm freaking pissed. I haven't gone to New york in forever and I decided to order The Little Mermaid tickets in advance. I was either going to sell them or go to the city - I opted to go to the city. Well after non-refundable flights and non-refundable hotel reservations - I was out $$$$ and had a horrible time in the city. It was like the spark was taken out of the trip. I wanted to see that and Wicked. I haven't taken a vacation on forever.

I wish the theaters would have paid the union what they wanted while working out the strike. It costs me a lot of money and I have a sour taste about the city that isn't going away anytime soon.
Nettie says – reply to this

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Thanks Jose for your understanding! My family had planned our Thanksgiving vacation to New York for the past 2 years. We saved and saved to see 3 Broadway shows. We were so disappointed when we heard about the strike. Legally Blonde, Jersey Boys and Hairspray all reimbursed our credit cards but it still totally sucked! New York is an amazing city and we had a great time touring Greenwich Village, a boat tour around Manhatten island, and even the Rockettes Xmas Spectacular (it wasn't cancelled since they had a different contract - thank God!) Anyway - it's reassuring to hear people support the tourists who lost out on perhaps their one and only opportunity to visit New York City. We will try to go to New York again some day - (we'll have to work and save for quite some time because it's really expensive!) We love New York - it's the most amazing city!
Rash Manly says – reply to this

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Broadway is feeling gay tonight!
Courtney says – reply to this

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Thank fucking God. I have tickets for Wicked for about 2 weeks away and I was extremely worried that Broadway would still be shut-down. But thankfully they figured it all out.

You know what really sucks about all this though. The shows that only have Christmas runs lost a lot of their run times… which means profits for them AND seats for tourists. Oh well… at least it's over.
mnr says – reply to this

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now i can see desperate housewives again
Tom says – reply to this

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Re: Jose – Um, The writers strike has nothing to do with the Broadway Strike. It was the stagehand Union on strike. Nothing to do with writers. But I do agree this strike had a huge negative affect on alot of people.
Kirk says – reply to this

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Thank god! I can finally see homos in tights singing again!
anthony maclellan says – reply to this

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OH MY GOD i WISH THEY WERE STRIKEING AGAINST YOU..
perez you are a fat fuckin joke god dam get a real fuckin job man I'm tellin ya and I cant believe that I'm wasteing my time writting on ur stupid site but someone has to say something you're a fucking joke man and the only people…besides me.that write on ur stupid site are proboly lazt ass people who stay at home all day and write on thier computers or in a coffe'e shop so original perez..but seariously bud I know u hear this enough but get a real job and stop bumming of off other people's celebrity..and for fuck sakes at least there are people out there who are famous for something what are you famouse for who have you helped..no one cause ur a fat fuckin lazy slob who needs to get a job……………………and for fuck sakes stop dying ur hair all of those god dam colour you look like a futuristic monkey
mega says – reply to this

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Nice…but too late for us - we were in NYC for Thanksgiving, but we did some an awful off-Broadway play. and it was really really bad -
Ariel says – reply to this

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YAY! This made my week! I LOVE BROADWAY!
faithsalon says – reply to this

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I am going to NYC for New Years and the main reason I was going was to see Spring Awakening (with the original cast) for my christmas pressie and now it's really going to happen!!!!!
Jose says – reply to this

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Re: Tom – Had already posted a correction (see above). Thanks.
katedilligaf says – reply to this

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this sucks!!!! yesterday afternoon, i was supposed to go see hairspray. but because of the strike, i couldn't. fukcing karma just HAD to go off and end the strike that night. GHEY
shutyertrap says – reply to this

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Re: I WANT MY FUCKING TV BACK – Yeah, me too. And my boyf needs his job back. Is anyone gonna pay my rent? Buy the groceries? NO. I'm behind the writers 100%, but this needs to be resolved for the sake of the rest of us.
shutyertrap says – reply to this

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Re: amy – He/She's not a dumbass…the stagehand stike is over. Not the writers strike. You gotta think before you type, girl! You end up sounding like the jackass.
shutyertrap says – reply to this

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Re: anthony maclellan – It's "damn" with an N, "writing" with one T, "wasting" without an E, "probably" not proboly, and "seriously" without an E. Oh, yes. "Their" is E then I. In addition, your punctuation could use some work. You're not very bright are you. And that's a statement, not a question.