| Broadway strike disappoints fans traveling to NY on bus tours
Madge Liss has one of the most coveted tickets on Broadway, but she's not sure if she'll get to use it.
The 77-year-old is supposed to see the musical "Jersey Boys" on Dec. 6 on a trip that her senior citizens club began planning in October 2006. Yet the stagehands strike could leave Liss, and about 55 of her friends, in the lurch.
"They've been hanging on to our money for a year. Now they're going to cancel us?" Liss said. "To have to wait a whole year for a ticket and then have it canceled is very
disappointing."
Liss isn't out of luck just yet, since shows have only been canceled through Sunday. But there's a chance her group, from Southampton, Pa., will join the many group bus tours that haven't made it to Manhattan since Broadway stages went dark Nov.
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While the Great White Way is dark, catch up on 10 off-Broadway smashes
NEW YORK -- Most of Broadway may be shuttered tonight due to the ongoing stagehands' strike -- and will stay dark for who knows how much longer -- but off-Broadway (and that includes you, New Jersey) is in full swing. A few tickets may still be available for the adorable "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and to seven other Broadway shows lucky enough to be booked into independent theaters that ducked the strike. (Meanwhile, the rock band Duran Duran moved its "Red Carpet Massacre" concert to Roseland Ballroom yesterday to finish its limited engagement tonight.) Let's sidestep the battle of Broadway and direct your attention instead to a recommended Top 10 list of enjoyable attractions off-Broadway and in New Jersey: "Altar Boyz." Now in its third year, this funny, fast-paced musical presents a Christian rock band doing its one-night-only New York concert.
Dark nights, and disappointed tourists, as Broadway theater strike drags on
Madge Liss has one of the most coveted tickets on Broadway, but she's not sure if she'll get to use it. The 77-year-old is supposed to see the musical "Jersey Boys" on Dec. 6 on a trip that her senior citizens club began planning in October 2006. Yet the stagehands strike could leave Liss, and about 55 of her friends, in the lurch. "They've been hanging on to our money for a year. Now they're going to cancel us?" Liss said. "To have to wait a whole year for a ticket and then have it canceled is very disappointing." Liss isn't out of luck just yet, since shows have only been canceled through Sunday. But there's a chance her group, from Southampton, Pa., will join the many group tours that haven't made it to Manhattan since Broadway stages went dark Nov.
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