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The twin strikes that shut down the entertainment industry this month--walkouts by Broadway stagehands and by movie and television writers--have had, for the most part, separate spheres of fallout. Around the theatre district, chorus girls, trumpet players, tourists with dreams of seeing "Mamma Mia!," and bartenders have all been affected; elsewhere, the writers' strike has disrupted the routines of literary agents, craft-services professionals, stuntmen, and couch potatoes. At least one person has felt the brunt of both strikes: Cara Hannah, who is employed as a wig stylist at "The Phantom of the Opera" and at "Saturday Night Live."
Hannah has been working at "Phantom" for four months. She is responsible for the application and...
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