The Nederlander Producing Company, which owns 9 of the 27 Broadway theaters affected by the stagehands? strike, is suing their union for $35 million in damages, claiming that the strike against the Nederlander theaters is illegal. The producers of seven of the shows in Nederlander theaters joined in the suit, which was filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan yesterday. While the Nederlander company is a member of the League of American Theaters and Producers, and company officials have been sitting in on the negotiations alongside the league, Nederlander has a separate, and somewhat different, contract with the union.
See "Will ?The Grinch? Escape a Strike? Ask the Judge", Campbell Robertson, The New York Times, November 20, 2007