I think some people here are being just a little over-dramatic about the strike. Yes it's an inconvenient and frustrating when you have tickets to a show that's cancelled, and yes it is dissapointing, especially when you have children who have been looking forward to it, but like others have said, there are worse things than missing a show.
And is anyone else getting a little annoyed with some of these people who act like since Broadway is dark, theatre itself is ceasing to exist in NY? There is a place called Off Broadway...
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible