No Talks Are Held in Broadway Strike

A dispute over the size of orchestras for musicals left most of Broadway filled with the sound of silence for the third straight day of a strike that is costing New York’s fragile economy millions of dollars.

The Great White Way went dark Friday night after talks between a musicians union and producers broke down and actors and stagehands refused to cross union picket lines, closing 18 Broadway musicals. The American Federation of Musicians Local 802 union and the League of American Theatres and Producers said negotiations had not restarted.