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So now there are two entertainment stikes happening. Patrick Page, who has been one of my favorite Broadway Theater actors since I saw him as Lumiere in "Beauty and the Beast" on Broadway, had an awesome quote today in an article on www.playbill.com. This is the paragraph about him from the Playbill Online article:

"The first show affected by the strike was the 11 AM performance of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas on Nov. 10. Patrick Page, who stars in the title role of the limited Grinch engagement, told Playbill.com, "I'm heartbroken by the faces of all these kids. . . I've just gone around to give them a hug, maybe sing a little bit of a song for them, and make them feel a little better [about the show being canceled]." When asked about his opinion of the strike, Page said, "My only opinion is that these guys are the backbone of Broadway. I've worked with some of these guys on four or five Broadway shows, and they are amazing craftsmen and workers, and I have absolutely no idea what goes on in those contract negotiations back and forth, but I do know that Actors' Equity Association supports Local One 100 percent, and I'm a member of [Equity]."

Whatever happened to the old saying "THE SHOW MUST GO ON?"