7am update talks are off till 6:30pm tonight- Page 2

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 1:55pm

Does that break come with release?

[tazber]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 1:57pm

how dare you accuse me of denying the holocaust Brian!!
jk
I never take things seriously, it's all good pal.

[billynj]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 2:23pm

it sucks waiting for this to be over from my warm office, it must really suck to be waiting for it to be over outside the marquis
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/?cam=46hd&cam_type=large

[JRybka]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 2:44pm

I do hope they can get this together as I really miss my broadway. I was not too thrilled with the Local One when this started and now I just don't care anymore who wins. Just bring back my broadway!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 3:00pm

In a strike like this
No One Wins.

[StageFan2]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 3:15pm

Bullseye CurtainPullDowner.
Updated On: 11/26/07 at 03:15 PM

[ChiChi]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 3:18pm

It is really starting to seem like this is NEVER going to be resolved.

[StageFan2]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 3:23pm

I really think they're gonna work it out this time. But it sure does feel like one of those so close...yet so far away deals.

[rokyerhartout]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 3:34pm

Only 3 more hours until the negotiations start again!
I'm excited/nervous/anxious/elated. I have a good feeling about this time.

[billynj]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 4:08pm

randon thoughts.....

pray for Broadway tonight, the deal is done if the union screws up this offer they wont work till the spring....its over tonight or in March 2008 ....my bet is tonight ..they cant be soo dumb as to not want to work those cush jobs till March 2008 ...who would want to be home that much ...these guys are are sick of being home, more than they are sick of striking... thats the word on the street..........

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 4:13pm

random indeed

"Shut the **** up!"
--Barbra Streisand

[lisa902652]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 4:15pm

IT IS NOT UP TO THE UNION. THEY ARE GIVING PLENTY OF CONCESSIONS TO THE LEAGUE. IT IS ALL UP TO THE LEAGUE.

[billynj]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 4:19pm

listen all i can tell you sheep, is that the deal is done, and as long as they can sign the papers they are back to work.

You can doubt me but i was the same person who told you YF top price was $450.00 2 weeks before the stinkin press got the story .....

strike is over tonight, i dont know if they will get the matinee in but the rest of the week is a go

[lisa902652]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 4:29pm

Which shows have matinee's on Tues?

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 4:30pm

And then we can find something new to talk about. I'm banking on coming on the site in the morning and reading jubilant posts. Here's to a meeting to end it all. And as for the break, why does everyone think it's a bad thing? These people had been negotiating from four in the afternoon to six in the morning. It wasn't that talks weren't going well. It was that it was a physical impossibility for them to keep going.

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 4:32pm

It is really starting to seem like this is NEVER going to be resolved.

You're just as negative as I was. They're optimistic. And so should we. Be. Me. I He be. Wha?! CUT!!!!!!

[billynj]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 4:35pm

tuesday was not discussed i dont know if they will be back for tuesday

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 4:37pm

But you just said the rest of the week was a go...

[MaronaDavies]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 4:49pm

No shows on Broadway have Tuesday matinees. Earliest it could be is Tuesday night. After that, Wednesday matinee (which almost all shows have--it's not like London where different shows have different matinee days during the week).

I'm cynical, myself. Until I see it, all bets are off. There have been too many "almost..." moments with this strike already to be hopeful.
Updated On: 11/26/07 at 04:49 PM

[DoranC]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 5:11pm

"And as for the break, why does everyone think it's a bad thing?"

Oh, it's not a bad thing in and of itself, but if I had tickets for Tuesday or Weds. (particularly the matinee), I'd think it was a bad thing. Why couldn't they have started these meetings on Saturday? ((

[tazber]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 5:13pm

no sources. lots of rhetoric on here.
All conjecture until you can back it up.

that goes for both sides.

[DoranC]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 5:15pm

"I'm cynical, myself. Until I see it, all bets are off. There have been too many "almost..." moments with this strike already to be hopeful."

Those are my feelings as well. I'll believe it when I hear it...uhm, from non-erroneous sources, that is! :)

If Josh gets to 1,000 Bats in the Steeple without there being a deal, I hereby request that he return to "There is no hope!!" mode.
Updated On: 11/26/07 at 05:15 PM

[roadmixer]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 5:43pm

billynj - do you mind looking into your crystal ball and explaining why they didn't just 'sign the deal' this morning if that's all there is to it? Bruce Cohen has stated that, although they are close, they were not close enough to wrap it up. There is more to be discussed obviously.

As for your 'cush job' comments - quit it!

I do agree that it will be nice to move on from this topic so that I won't need to see people constantly put down the stagehands.

[whatever2]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 5:55pm

whatever happened yesterday with the posts from people who had friends in shows that were told to report to the theatre?

not necessarily trying to be snarky -- more wondering what the real story turned out to be ... presumably, no one actually was able to enter a (picketed) theater last night.

[roadmixer]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 5:57pm

Maybe those people were simply told to 'check in' pending returning to the theatre? This might be calling a hotline or checking a website to see if they will have a call.