Why isn't the Grinch playing

I am aware that due to the fact that the Grinch plays 12 shows a week as oppose to the typical 8 they had to get a special contract with all the unions involved local one AEA ect ect.

Now, my qustion is if they have a seperate contract with Local one that is supposidly different from the one that is up for discussion with the strike then why aren't they up and running.

Is it because of who owns the St James as oppose to the producers?

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What I know is that the Grinch had assurances from the Local One leadership that if there was a strike, they would not strike the Grinch. When talks broke down between the union and the league, the union changed their minds with no explanation except, 'sorry.' The Grinch does have a separate contract with all the unions because of the nature of the production schedule. The Grinch is also not a member of the league so the current negotiations will have no impact on the Grinch this season. Why the union chose to strike the Grinch is a mystery. I believe they wanted to show solidarity as well as the fact that the show is in a Jujamcyn theater(Paul Libin-Jujamcyn executive-is on the negotiating committee for the league). However, they are short sighted on this one because, if the Grinch returns every year, there will be annual negotiations and after costing the show several million dollars in lost ticket sales this season, the union will have to find a way to make it up to the show in the coming years.