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30.11.2021 / 03:29

Show can’t go on: More performances of Broadway’s ‘Chicago’ KO’d over COVID

Broadway’s “Chicago” has canceled two more days of performances this week after several theater workers tested positive for COVID-19.On Saturday, the evening performance of the hit musical in Times Square’s Ambassador Theatre was put on hold after two workers at the West 49th Street venue tested positive for the virus, according to PlayBill.Now, performances that were scheduled for Monday and Tuesday have also been canceled.Performances will resume Thursday, Dec. 2, after a scheduled off day Dec.

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How touring Broadway shows are strictly following COVID-19 safety rules

Nederlander National Markets, which presents touring Broadway shows all over the country, has partnered with Wellstand Health to ensure COVID-19 safety precautions are met and even exceeded.Local venue staff and backstage crew in cities including Richmond, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, and Reno, Nevada will now get their nasal cavities gently tickled by staff to ensure safety.Upcoming shows in Norfolk include “Anastasia,” “Hairspray,” “Jersey Boys,” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”Meanwhile, the Great White Way has made a concerted effort to get back to business after being dark for nearly two years — the longest Broadway blackout in history — due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’ cancels more shows after breakthrough COVID-19 cases

has canceled performances yet again starting Friday through the next two weeks after breakthrough COVID-19 cases were discovered.“Although negative PCR testing allowed us to move safely forward with last night’s performance of Aladdin at The New Amsterdam Theatre, additional breakthrough COVID-19 cases were detected within the company today,” the production said in a statement.Citing the “wellness and safety of our guests, cast and crew” as “top priority,” the musical canceled several shows in October.“We feel the prudent decision is to cancel performances starting tonight, Friday, October 1st through Sunday, October 10th,” they said.The “next planned performance” will happen on Tuesday, Oct.

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What to know for Broadway’s reopening 2021: Shows, COVID, restaurants, more

roars back to life this month. Bruce Springsteen has helped keep the lights on since late June, but a bona fide new play, “Pass Over,” opens Sunday night.

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‘Hair’ star Lynn Kellogg dead at 77, spurs COVID-19 warnings on Twitter

the New York Times reported. Her husband, John Simpers, said she reportedly got infected recently at a large theater gathering in Branson, Missouri, at which most attendees were maskless.“She had a non-life-threatening Leukemia, so that was the big problem when she got COVID,” Simpers told KTVI Fox 2 in St.

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Hugh Jackman’s COVID-delayed ‘The Music Man’ sets new 2022 opening night

according to Deadline.The decision to push back the production comes in the wake of the Broadway League’s announcement Friday morning that theaters will remain shut down through May 31, 2021, due to the global COVID-19 crisis.Shows were shut down March 12, 2020, and had been placed on hold until January 2021.Tony-winning director Jerry Zaks, who is set to helm the production, expressed his frustration about the shutdown back in June.“In 50 years, I’ve never been told to stop working,” he told Cindy Adams. “Suddenly, the Broadway League said, ‘Go home.’ It’s a real shock.

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Bette Midler will match donations up to 100K for Broadway Cares COVID-19 fund

Thank you, Dolly.

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Actors Fund distributes $10.5M in financial assistance amid shutdown

The Broadway shutdown continues with the coronavirus pandemic affecting some 87,000 jobs in the process. The Actors Fund, which launched its COVID-19 emergency relief fund in March, has come to the community’s rescue — distributing more than $10 million to displaced theater personnel in just eight weeks.

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Michael Jackson musical ‘MJ’ moved to spring 2021 due to coronavirus

“MJ,” the Michael Jackson stage musical headed for Broadway, will begin previews next March, an eight-month postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic shutdown.

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Ticket site launches initiative to send frontline workers to Broadway

When audiences finally return to Broadway, it appears frontline workers will be first in line for tickets.

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Katharine McPhee, Jeremy Jordan thank essential workers with ‘Waitress’ song

These former “Waitress” stars are serving up thanks to first responders in the coronavirus pandemic.

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Musical sensation ‘Six’ releases worldwide video

While the queens of ‘Six’ may not be reigning on Broadway or the West End, they managed to find a way to inspire their pandemic-panicked fans — by enlisting them in a music video.

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Broadway star Andrea Macasaet hosts ‘Karaoke and Chill’ during lockdown

On Broadway, she sang about losing her head. Now, in her Upper West Side apartment, she’s singing her head off.

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Virtual opening of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ musical draws 150,000 viewers

The coronavirus pandemic has not cooled the fevers of avid theatre-goers, despite the fact that Broadway is closed through June.

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New streaming date set for ‘Celebrating 25 magical years of Disney on Broadway’

The show will indeed go on!

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How ‘West Side Story’ cast stays connected online during coronavirus lockdown

When you’re a Jet, you’re a Jet … all the way, from your first Broadway preview to your last Zoom call.

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Actors’ union starts emergency fund for struggling artists during coronavirus shutdown

As millions of people in New York City suffer from the coronavirus and its devastating economic effects, one of the hardest-hit places has been the legendary Great White Way.

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Playwright Terrence McNally dead of coronavirus complications at 81

Terrence McNally, a prolific playwright whose love of opera and compassion for human frailties wove their way into many of his works, died March 24 from complications of the coronavirus in a Sarasota, Fla., hospital. He was 81, and had lived with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for some time.

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