"The marquee for Mamma Mia! at the Winter Garden Theatre, one of 31 musicals and plays running on Broadway during the 20252026 season. Photo by Richard B. Levine Broadway musicians are the latest group of live theater workers to authorize strike action amid ongoing contract negotiations with the theaters that are members of the Broadway League, union officials announced Monday. Members of AFM Local 802 overwhelmingly voted in favor of a strike authorization, with 98% supporting the measure, President Bob Suttmann said."
"The union's demands, detailed in an open letter to the Broadway League on Oct. 1 and signed by nearly all 1,200 Broadway musicians, include fair wages that reflect Broadway's success, stable healthcare coverage, and employment and income security, ensuring the preservation of current jobs. The Broadway League, an organization of 700 producers, theater owners and operators, general managers, reported that the 20242025 season, which ran from May 20, 2024, to May 25, 2025, was the highest-grossing season in Broadway history."
AFM Local 802 musicians on Broadway authorized strike action with 98% support after working without a contract since Aug. 31. The union demands fair wages reflecting Broadway's commercial success, stable healthcare coverage, and employment and income security to preserve current jobs; those demands were outlined in an open letter signed by nearly all 1,200 Broadway musicians. The Broadway League reported a record $1.89 billion in ticket sales and 14.7 million attendees in the 20242025 season. Negotiations between the union and the Broadway League are ongoing, additional bargaining sessions are scheduled, and no strike has been called.
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