Broadway theaters to remain closed through early January 2021
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Broadway theaters to remain airtight through early January 2021
FILE Photo: A row of closed theaters are seen in the Broadway commune due the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-xix) in Manhattan, New York City, U.Due south., May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
REUTERS: Broadway theaters will remain closed through January. 3, 2021, industry grouping the Broadway League said on Monday, extending their coronavirus-related shutdown for another four months.
The New York City theaters, which went night in mid-March, had previously ready a tentative reopening date of Sept. 6, but social-distancing requirements for audiences, actors and production staff have made it incommunicable for plays and musicals to resume.
Thirty-one Broadway shows were in product when the shutdown began. Those that come dorsum are expected to resume over a series of rolling dates in early on 2021, the Broadway League said in a statement. The organization is developing safeguards to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus among audience members, actors and staff.
Producers of some shows, including the phase musical version of the Disney film "Frozen," have said they will not render at all.
Others are looking even further alee to the spring of 2021.
The debut of "The Music Man," starring Hugh Jackman, was shifted to May 2022 from October 2020.
"Music Man" rehearsals were to take begun June 29, but due to the ban in New York City on large gatherings, they were rescheduled to early February.
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine and Jill Serjeant; Editing past Chris Reese and Will Dunham)
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