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NEW YORK — Striking stagehands and theater producers agreed Saturday to return to the bargaining table, nearly a week after negotiations collapsed and kept most of Broadway dark during the lucrative Thanksgiving week — the second full week of no performances.
The plans for today were announced by Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of the League of American Theatres and Producers, and confirmed by the stagehands union.
“We are glad they accepted our invitation to negotiate,” said Bruce Cohen, a spokesman for Local 1 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
More than two dozen plays and musicals have been closed since Nov. 10, when the stagehands walked off the job.
