Contract renegotiations are officially on trend for Broadway. Actors' Equity Association's touring and production contract, covering actors and stage managers on Broadway and national tours, were both recently re-upped with new terms, and a tentative agreement on IATSE's Pink Contract, covering stagehands and other backstage workers, was reached last week, averting a strike that would have shuttered many Broadway shows and national tours. Ratification on that Pink Contract begins July 27, with results expected July 31. Next up is IATSE Local 798's contract for hair and makeup artists on Broadway.

According to union representatives, renegotiations with The Broadway League and Disney Theatrical re-started July 25 and will continue July 27. While much is to be determined before a tentative agreement is reached, no strike authorization vote has yet been called.

"798 had a long negotiation meeting with The Broadway League and Disney today!," reads a statement from Local 798 President Angela Johnson posted to Instagram July 25. "The committee goes back to the table to continue to bargain on Thursday! Keep the solidarity going!"

The contract in question has, in fact, been long expired, a sticking point for the workers who have been forced to continue to work on it. The agreement, reached in 2017, expired August 9, 2020, at which point all Broadway shows were dark due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When theatre returned in 2021, the union agreed to extend the expired agreement through August 2022, but was only able to secure eight negotiating days since November 2022.

Playbill will continue to track the story as it develops.