You Can Touch Me Anytime - Strike or No Strike

As some of you may know, not only is there a writers strike in the States, but the theatre stagehands in New York have gone on strike, shutting down many Broadway shows including my beloved Spring Awakening. (I detail a full list of open and closed shows, as well as great Off-Broadway alternatives here at ModFab where I'm guest blogging for the week).

Anyways, I had heard that the cast of Spring Awakening had performed "Touch Me" outside on the street for the fans who were locked out of the theatre after they had to start cancelling shows on Saturday. John Gallagher Jr. even brought out his ukelele! I had been looking for the video clip all weekend and now here it finally is!:



Below is another clip of the same thing with better sound but worse picture.



If you did buy theatre tickets for shows that are being cancelled, there is a way of getting a refund that doesn't involve dragging a chorus boy into the alley beside the theatre and forcing him to sing... or other things.

All the Off-Broadway shows are not affected and continue to run.

OPEN BROADWAY SHOWS
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Cymbeline
Mary Poppins
Mauritius
Pygmalion
The Ritz
Xanadu
Young Frankenstein

CLOSED BROADWAY SHOWS
August: Osage County
Avenue Q
A Bronx Tale
Chicago
A Chorus Line
The Color Purple
Curtains
Cyrano de Bergerac
Dr' Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Farnsworth Invention
Grease
Hairspray
Is He Dead?
Jersey Boys
Legally Blonde
Les Miserables
The Lion King
The Little Mermaid
Mamma Mia!
Monty Python's Spamalot
ThePhantom of the Opera
Rent
Rock 'n' Roll
The Seafarer
Spring Awakening
Wicked