Nov 23, 2007 6:28 pm US/Eastern
You're A 'Live' One, Mr. Grinch: Show Returns
Theater Goers Glad Something Normal About Broadway
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
There's joy again in Whoville.
The curtain has risen again on "Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas."
And as CBS 2 HD saw firsthand the mood was electric outside the St. James Theater on Friday.
It was the rare sound of a show opened for business. The happiest place in the theater district Friday was the St. James Theater.
A triumphant Grinch sent word: the stagehands strike and a legal dispute weren't enough to kill the show.
Producers had made a deal with the stagehand workers permitting the show to open. But the Jujamcyn Theater chain refused to let the show go on until the strike ends. It took a judge's order to open the doors.
"I called my daughter-in-law right away and I said, 'I have great news. The Grinch is on,'" Anne-Marie Roselli said.
Elizabeth White, outside the theater with a nephew, sister and a friend, was clearly excited.
"The children weren't told 'til way later, 'til we thought show was back on," White said. "Then it didn't happen and they went to court so I was happy that it's back on."
Across the street, the strike continued at the "Phantom of the Opera." It was a reminder that "The Grinch" remains one of the few shows on Broadway currently running.
Inside the St. James, the show went on.
When it was over, audience members seemed grateful.
"I'd never seen it before," Jaylin Colon said. "It was good."
But the drama never seems to end here. The theater owners will go back to court Tuesday to try to shut the show down once again.
Last season, "The Grinch" took in more than $15 million during its 11-week run at the Hilton Theatre.
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