STRIKE!!!!!!!

As of Saturday morning over twenty Broadway shows went on strike, leaving much of the Great White Way dark for the first time since 2003. The Stagehands union, which was negotiating with the Producers, rejected the Producers final offer on Friday night and choose to officially start striking Saturday morning. At this point so much has been said about the strike, that I'd like to write about from someone who maybe affected.

This Saturday at 2pm I have tickets to see "The Farnworths Invention", the new play by Aaron Sorkin. Probably best known for writing, what I think, was one of the best American dramas "The West Wing", "The Farnsworth Invention" was to have covered the race to create television between David Sarnoff & Filo T. Farnsworth. As of right now I don't know whether or not I'll see this show. Part of me is always hoping for good news, but on the other hand I'm starting to brace myself, because this may not happen.

I support the union in this labor dispute, a rarity for me. I think that with Broadway tickets now costing over $450 dollars a seat the producers are being greedy. What hurts me the most is to think of all the people who will have a lasting bad taste in their mouth from this experience. One only has to go online to various news website, and a person can see pictures of tourists walking away angry.

If I could just end on one note, I would urge both sides to get Broadway up and running soon. Not only because I want to see this show, also because I don't want this strike to push away the theatregoers. The theatre is such a great part of life, that for it to disappoint is really, sad.