With the support of the stagehands and actors, who refused to cross the picket lines, the walkout closed down 18 Broadway musicals. |
Props don't glide in and out on tracks, they're carded on and off in dim light by stagehands and performers. |
We all loved the image of the Carnegie stagehands, who would occasionally appear on stage to place or remove a mic or piece of gear in their perfect suits and ties. |
At the scheduled start-up time roadies and stagehands were frantically darting about the stage carrying rolls of cable and other light and sound equipment. |
Moreover, while the play unfolded, stagehands dressed in black would add and remove furniture and similar objects. |
Bectu said last week that performances would be halted if the technicians, electricians, stagehands, costume and wardrobe staff strike. |