Philadelphia Theatre Company's union stagehands — members of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 8 — are on strike at the not-for-profit resident theatre company, which is planning to begin performances of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop on Jan. 18. The stagehands walked out Jan. 16, according to both sides.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PM on January 17, 2013