Could the Broadway work stoppage spread to touring companies of major musical hits such as 'Wicked' or 'Jersey Boys'? No one, not the union nor the producers, is talking on the record about what might be the next step in Local 1's battle with the League of American Theatres and Producers. Such a move would need the endorsement of the local's parent union, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. It would seriously undermine producers since such megahits as 'Wicked' and 'Jersey Boys' on the road regularly pull down weekly grosses of $1 million or more. The current walkout by stagehands, which has shut down more than two dozen Broadway theaters, entered its fourth day Tuesday with no end in sight.
See "Broadway Strike Goes Into 4th Day", Associated Press, The New York Times, November 12, 2007