The New York Times’ Robin Pogrebin and Playbill On-Line’s Robert Simonson will be on hand to discuss the strike, which was recently settled after an all-night mediated session at Gracie Mansion. The program will also include a discussion of the life and work of Giacomo Puccini, whose La Bohème is currently playing the Broadway Theatre in a new production directed by “Moulin Rouge”’s Baz Luhrmann. Opera historian Mary Jane Phillips-Matz and La Bohème musical director Constantine Kitsopoulos will take part in the Puccini dialogue. With its three rotating casts, La Bohème plays the Broadway Theatre, which is located at Broadway and 53rd Street. The musical plays Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8 PM with matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 PM and Sundays at 3 PM. For tickets, call (212) 239 6200.

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