NEW YORK (AP) — A labor dispute is threatening to make a mess of the Tony Awards, forcing actors to cross picket lines to attend the red carpet for Broadway's biggest ceremony.

Hundreds of members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees plan to picket with a giant inflatable rat near the Beacon Theatre on Broadway where the award show will be held on Sunday.

The stagehands have traditionally set up the red carpet and tent outside the annual event, but this year the awards show has been moved to a new theater and the red carpet has been moved a block south — outside the perimeter where the union is assured jobs.

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