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The stagehand strike has ended after 19 days, which ended up costing New York City approximately $2 million a day, and $38 million overall.

While there was a lot of excitement at the announcement, especially by tourists hoping to see a show while visiting New York City, there was also a sigh of relief from restaurant and street vendors who count on this time of year for a significant portion of their yearly sales.

One AP report, citing a Canadian tourist said, "I never thought I'd have the opportunity to see a Broadway show! And the price is right." The price is referring to the discounted reopening of "Chicago," which were offered for the low price of $26.50 on Thursday.

With the strike over, everyone is scurrying to set a date for new opening nights for all the shows.

The majority of shows should be ready to go by Thursday evening, even though they may not perform at their top levels. The thought is it's better to get them out there, than to wait to get everything back in shape. The daily losses don't justify the end, so shows will be presented where things are at now. Most real fans shouldn't care too much.

Those shows that were in previews before the strike, have reset their opening nights mostly for the first week in December.

A couple exceptions are the Mark Twain comedy "Is He Dead?" which will premiere December 9, and "The Homecoming" by Harold Pinter, which has been pushed back to December 16.