ASSASSINS cancellation

Last night's show was canceled due to an "abundance of caution due to increasing Covid-19 positivity rates" according to their website.

What do you think this means?? And what does it mean for this week's performances (I have a Thursday ticket).

Updated On: 1/2/22 at 08:38 AM

Definitely hard to predict what might happen by Thursday. It seems like they're taking it day by day. There was some discussion on the Covid Cancellations thread (#1541) about the language so I'd suggest checking it out. We’re in a strange time especially since shows seem to cancel without any notice. It really is a wait and see game right now. If you do come Thursday and your show is cancelled, have a backup show in mind so your trip to the city isn't wasted. Are you coming from out of state?

Updated On: 1/2/22 at 08:50 AM

Well, Assassins is selling tix for today so hopefully that’s a good sign.

Updated On: 1/2/22 at 12:05 PM

I just posted this in the COVID cancellations thread:

I went to the show today (thank goodness), and I asked an employee: "why today, but not yesterday?"

I was told that, per union rules, they were waiting on a 2nd negative PCR result for one (or more) of their previously-positive cast members. I'm not sure if there was a delay in the result, or if they didn't know about the 2-test rule until now, but either way, that was the reason I was told.

Which basically means that their wording was deliberately vague and misleading. It was NOT because of "rising COVID rates" in general. But neither was it a result of a sick cast member.

Also, Pasquale's speech before the show stated that 2 company members were out. I only counted 1 missing ensemble track (Rob Morrison). Maybe the other missing person was a band member?