Broadway is back on tonight! After 19 days of the stagehand strike, the 27 shows that have been dark are opening back up tonight. Today was craziness in Times Square with photo-ops for all the shows and open rehearsals. The Chorus Line cast even performed a number in the middle! I stopped by Grease’s three hour refresher rehearsal this afternoon at Chelsea Studios and asked stars Laura Osnes and Max Crumm what they’d been doing with all their free time!

True to Danny form, Max said he was kind of a bum spending his time drinking and hanging out with friends, something he doesn’t get to do very much of when he has to be on as Danny eight times a week. Although he said it was a much-needed vacation, he’s happy to get back to work tonight. “It’s going to be such a fun show -- like another opening night!”

Laura, 22, who married her longtime boyfriend in May said she was happy to get some alone time with her new husband. “I got to go on date night! But it was weird at the same time because I was missing doing the show. I’m really excited to be back and the break is ready to be over.”

Although many tourists missed their scheduled shows over the holiday weekend, both Laura and Max said their own friends and family who came in to see them in Grease over the holiday missed the show, but got to see a lot more of them!

I’m glad everything is back to normal!

At top is a pic I took of the cast during their welcome back rehearsal and bottom is the onstage couple at the studio!