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Broadway shutting down all productions over coronavirus pandemic
NY Post ^
| March 12, 2020 | 2:07pm
| By Michael Riedel
Posted on 03/12/2020 11:44:48 AM PDT by Red Badger
Broadway will shut down for four to six weeks beginning tonight, due to the coronavirus outbreak, several sources told The Post. In what is the worst crisis the industry has faced since the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, several shows will not be able to recover. The Minutes, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts that was to open Sunday night, is likely to close and never return.
Martin McDonaghs acclaimed Hangmen is also unlikely to open this season, though it could come back in the fall. Sing Street, a new musical currently in rehearsals, will try to open in the fall, propped up by money from Barbara Broccoli, the producer of the James Bond movies. The Phantom of the Opera, Broadways longest-running show that draws heavily on foreign tourists, may well close down for good, sources said.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bluezones; broadway; nyc; urban
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To: Red Badger
Husbands everywhere are celebrating RN
To: Red Badger
Excuse me whilst I channel the Democrats for a moment ...
Oh noes! Unemployed Left wingers living in one of the most expensive cities in the country ... theyll not be voting for Trump now for sure!
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posted on
03/12/2020 11:51:11 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosoper)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/12/2020 11:53:37 AM PDT
by
Autonomous User
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: Red Badger; Larry Lucido; Gamecock
I preferred off-Broadway, anyways.
Where Pepe mimed cooking.
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posted on
03/12/2020 11:55:07 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SaveFerris
I’ll stick with Psych The Musical.
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posted on
03/12/2020 11:57:38 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
To: Red Badger
At least the HIV rate should drop for awhile on Broadway.
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posted on
03/12/2020 11:57:56 AM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: Old Yeller
Democrats create hype and substantially hurt many people financially.
To: Red Badger
coronavirus pandemicI believe the word is panic, not pandemic. This is getting silly.
To: Major Matt Mason
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posted on
03/12/2020 12:05:43 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
To: wally_bert; raygunfan; Gamecock; Larry Lucido; KC_Lion; FredZarguna; PROCON
Myself, I liked “Rochelle, Rochelle”
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posted on
03/12/2020 12:13:14 PM PDT
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SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Red Badger
Damn. I 'so' wanted to see Hamilton.😂
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posted on
03/12/2020 12:14:14 PM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/12/2020 12:14:24 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Autonomous User
Can we shut down hollyweird also?
To: SaveFerris
That’s what I said when I stole it!....................
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posted on
03/12/2020 12:20:08 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
To: precisionshootist
Can we shut down hollyweird also?
If not how about the Movie houses that promote fagotry and their liberal tripe.
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03/12/2020 12:20:38 PM PDT
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Autonomous User
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: Red Badger
When you tell people about this coming depression. You can say it was self inflicted. People who think you can just start an economy up again are stupid. First, this virus will go on longer than people think. Then the depression will go on longer than people think. Jobs will disappear soon. The money will dry up. Then you will wish you got the virus.
We are trading the economy for health care. And we will get neither.
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posted on
03/12/2020 12:24:29 PM PDT
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poinq
To: Red Badger
It has taken a viral outbreak to kill The Phantom. Between my daughters and other visitors I think I have seen it six times.
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posted on
03/12/2020 12:30:48 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: Red Badger
Broadway? Aren’t these the people that lectured our vice president? I didn’t want to celebrate our enemies’ suffering. But I will make an exception for Broadway. And pray for the Chinese and Iranians, etc. May God help them.
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posted on
03/12/2020 12:34:09 PM PDT
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Daaave
('All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. ')
To: Daaave
Their people are held hostage by the devil’s minions..............
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posted on
03/12/2020 12:34:57 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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