Broadway By Fall? — Page 2

Theater3232 said: "I imagine the Excelsior Pass would be helpful in most cases, but what if someone tested negative 72 hours ago and picked it up on the subway on the way to the venue? https://pix11.com/news/coronavirus/vaccine-passport-app-for-large-stadiums-arenas-tested-in-new-york I think most New Yorkers would be okay with using it, but would that hurt shows dependent on tourists who may not want to use it?"

The idea of the trial use of the pass is that the same app could store vaccine data once it has become widespread. The current use of the pass is in the context of large-scale, socially distanced venues. By fall, vaccines should allow us to eliminate the social distancing. The big concern with tourists is that, while mask-wearing is quite ubiquitous among city residents, and the idea of going into an establishment without a mask is unimaginable, even for those who are generally cranky about wearing a mask, the same is not true for some of those who live in places like Texas who will have a hard time wrapping their immoral brains around the fact that they can't open their hotel room door without first donning a mask.

From our privileged perches, things look rosy, but as every marketing person who is not sleeping well right now will tell you, the old normal is not coming back in the snap of anyone's finger. No one expects real tourism before spring of next year at the earliest.

Jordan Catalano said: "I think I’ve lived in midtown for enough decades to recognize a local and the hundreds gathered shoulder to shoulder watching the breakdancer or taking selfies with their tourist shopping bags aren’t locals.

Again - NOBODY is saying things are going to go back to normal right away. Nobody. No ones said that. But people do want to do things and when given the opportunity again, they will."

Let's call them regionals then. They are not folks from overseas, or Canada, or even Chicago. Central PA does tourist as well as anyone, and they are exempt from quarantine.

I've never gotten the impression you we suggesting normal right away, but that's how I read Sutton's "People are ready now and they sure as hell will be ready by September./Expect huge crowds and huge ticket prices. Period." (Much less Sutton's earlier post. That's what I was reacting to, not anything you said.)

I agree there will be huge demand right out of the gate. I think the question is will that sustain. Yes, tourism is starting to pick up again, but I still think we're looking at mid-late 2022 at the earliest for it to really recover and reach the pre-pandemic levels again. So if, let's say, shows start again September. September-December will probably be packed with a combination of a) the tourists comfortable enough to come back and see a show and b) locals desperate to get back to the theatre who will be seeing as much as they can. But come January, will those locals still be seeing every show they can and will there still be a huge influx of tourists coming in ready to see shows? That's the real question.

HogansHero said: "SouthernCakes said: "I mean you’ve got to think about the actors too. All unmasked performing close to each other. How do you regulate that? The orchestra? Those have to go into account. And also the rehearsal period which will prob be longer to get shows back up and running. New casting etc."

Those people will have been vaccinated before proceeding. Why would the rehearsal period be longer? Longer than what?"

I think they mean longer than usual pick-up rehearsals for when, say, a new cast member is put into the show. Even if shows bring back their original cast members, it’ll be 18 months since they last performed. Most will have to learn their track from scratch.

We are all on the same page then. I thought you meant longer than for a new production which obv doesn't make sense. I expect virtually all shows will do at least 4 weeks, and I would not be surprised if there is a frameowrk worked out between AEA and the League.

That "rumor" (more of an aspiration I suspect) was in the Post around Thanksgiving and has been reported as such elsewhere since (and I think discussed here). And the other baggage that rumor is carrying around is that all tickets will set you back 100 Hamiltons a pop. Could they do it as a stunt? Maybe, depending on a lot of other things we don't know yet, but I can't imagine a lot of sources I would be more skeptical of on this one that Local Uno. PS: holiday pay? lol