Broadway stagehands on Sunday approved a new contract with producers, nearly two weeks after the end of a strike that shut down more than two dozen Broadway shows for 19 days.
'It was an overwhelming ratification," said Bruce Cohen, a spokesman for Local 1 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. He declined to give an exact count of the vote.
"We are pleased that Local 1 has ratified the contract," said Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of the League of American Theatres and Producers. "Come and see a show this season."
The walkout, which began Nov. 10, closed such hit musicals as "Wicked," "Jersey Boys," "The Lion King," "Rent," "Mamma Mia!" and "The Phantom of the Opera," as well as delaying the openings of such new productions as "August: Osage County," "The Seafarer" and "The Little Mermaid." It ended Nov. 28, with productions reopening the following day.
The strike occurred during one of the best times of the year for Broadway, the period around the Thanksgiving holiday. Box-office losses totaled in the millions of dollars, and theater-related businesses and personnel suffered.
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