The consequences of a musicians strike on Broadway could be big. “There are about 325 musicans working in the 19 musicals running on Broadway, but overall the shows are responsible for most of the 6,000 people employed by the industry each season. The theatre scene is responsible for $4.4 billion (US) pouring into N.Y.’s economy.” So the shows are practicing using canned music in case musicians walk later this week. Reports are that “aasts of shows such as ‘Chicago’ and ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ had no trouble in performing to the canned music. Over at ‘La Boheme’, however, it was a different story, with the rehearsal coming to a disastrous halt. Whereas it’s one thing to perform a tap routine to pre-recorded sound, singing Puccini is obviously another matter.”