Broadway and the touring theater community seem to have avoided labor disruptions much as the film and television industry has.
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The Broadway League and Disney Theatrical Productions, which represent producers, and the Theatrical Stage Employees International Union announced Thursday that they had reached a tentative agreement that threatened to strike Friday.
A Broadway street sign is seen at an intersection in New York City on January 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)
About 1,500 workers — stagehands, hair and makeup artists, and wardrobe personnel — are covered under direct temporary contracts, currently working on 28 productions on Broadway and 17 on tour.
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The agreement is yet to be ratified. In a joint statement, the negotiators said: “The parties concerned will communicate the details of this agreement to their members in the coming days.”
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The agreement is unrelated to the Hollywood strike action. Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) voted unanimously to go on strike last week, joining the Writers Guild of America, which walked out on May 2.
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