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Broadway strike likely averted

BY HARPER FREEMAN
Posted 10/31/25

Broadway theaters will not go entirely dark after all. A strike by musicians that would have closed several shows on the Great White Way was averted last week after their union reached a tentative agreement on a new contract less than 24 hours before a scheduled walk-out. 

Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians reached a deal with the Broadway League — the trade association representing Broadway theater owners and producers — in the early morning of Oct. 23 following an 18-hour bargaining session.

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