Strike-worst case scenerio

I've planned my annual New York theater trip for this coming weekend. I'm thinking about cancelling flight and hotel. If the equity strike occurs...how will that effect Off-Broadway productions? What won't be dark?

The frogs, and Assassins and 2 other plays/musicals i don't remember are not affected since they are under diffirent contracts or something

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Mark Salem's "Mind Games" is also exempt.

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That's sad. I really hope they reach a negotiation so the shows don't have to go dark.

It better not be. I need to see Idina and Kristin together on Sat.

Well, not exactly. For now, the strike would only affect Equity members in shows falling under the Production Contract in question -- the non-LORT Broadway shows and the 11 current Equity tours. Equity has negotiated separate agreements with the LORT theatres and the commercial off-Broadway and regional houses so, there are no plans to pull their members from those productions at this time.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/87077.html

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General strikes (where an entire union membership nation-wide goes out) can and do happen, but not always, and, at least at this point, not in this case. Equity can more than make its point by pulling its members only from the most lucrative contract it is a signatory to. It doesn't add any pressure the to wealthy Broadway and Tour producers if actors from a constellation of small not-for profits around the US were to walk out as well. I suppose a general strike COULD happen if this thing were to drag on for a while, but as of now, there hasn't been any indication from the AEA that that's what they're planning.

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Anybody see anything on the news yet. I read the article at playbill? Anybody know anything else?

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