Broadway to Close?- Page 15

[trpguyy]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:10pm

Enjolras5 said: "Are you referencing the Booth usher or someone at the Al-Hirshfeld?"

Not the Booth/Brooks usher. And employee of Moulin Rouge 

[TNick926]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:11pm

Actually he's saying they will have performances with no more than 500 people in any given auditorium....  

[Det95]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:11pm

So, I guess SIX won't be opening tonight.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:12pm

/https://nypost.com/2020/03/12/broadway-shutting-down-all-productions-over-coronavirus-pandemic/
 

Riedel touches on the impact this could have on specific productions, thus far. 
 
Although, like with most of his “journalism,” I’d take it with a HUGE chunk of salt. 

Updated On: 3/12/20 at 02:12 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:14pm

WiCkEDrOcKS said: "https://nypost.com/2020/03/12/broadway-shutting-down-all-productions-over-coronavirus-pandemic/"

Wow, he thinks Phantom could close....

[itsjustmejonhotmailcom]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:15pm

https://nypost.com/2020/03/12/broadway-shutting-down-all-productions-over-coronavirus-pandemic/

 

Four to six week shut down.

[thealtoslament]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:15pm

https://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-will-go-dark-amid-coronavirus-concerns?fbclid=IwAR27bTVttW-7H4W8Wf6hObChUgRr_zBGb0AGUp9b5CzB2UdogAhrlsEGvJg

NY governor announces bans on all gatherings over 500 people-- as a result, Broadway goes dark today at 5.

[Falsettolands]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:16pm

guess we can remove that question mark now!

[Robbie2]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:16pm

Det95 said: "So, I guess SIX won't be opening tonight."

Hello, !? NONO NO

Broadway will shut down four to six weeks beginning tonight, due to the coronavirus outbreak,

 

https://nypost.com/2020/03/12/broadway-shutting-down-all-productions-over-coronavirus-pandemic/

[Enjolras5]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:16pm

Glad the actors will be safe <3 Hoping everyone at Moulin Rouge and the Booth will be ok.  Sending love to Broadway.

[bdn223]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:16pm

ljay889 said: "WiCkEDrOcKS said: "https://nypost.com/2020/03/12/broadway-shutting-down-all-productions-over-coronavirus-pandemic/"

Wow, he thinks Phantom could close...."

Honestly it wouldn't surprise me, but I would assume that a production with a 30 year life span would at least announce a final leg of a run come fall, so see if domestic and bridge and tunnel folks can breath life into the production. This would be akin to Rent's closure announcement goosing business enough for the production to announce a 6 month extension. 

[JBroadway]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:17pm

Updated On: 3/12/20 at 02:17 PM

[Lot666]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:20pm

"'The Phantom of the Opera,' Broadway’s longest running show that draws heavily on foreign tourists, may well close down for good, sources said."

Riedel is like Trump. What "sources"?

[JennH]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:20pm

None these sources say for how long...good lord.

EDIT-Never mind, I stand corrected. 

Updated On: 3/12/20 at 02:20 PM

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:20pm

Falsettolands said: "guess we can remove that question mark now!"

Yes. Now is an appropriate time, since it’s officially been announced. Not yesterday, when it was just an unsubstantiated rumor. 

[VotePeron]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:21pm

For anyone not clicking, Riedel is saying —

The Minutes: won’t reopen
Hangmen: likely won’t reopen
Sing Street: pushing opening to Fall 2020
Phantom: might not recover

[Fosse76]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:22pm

ljay889 said: "WiCkEDrOcKS said: "https://nypost.com/2020/03/12/broadway-shutting-down-all-productions-over-coronavirus-pandemic/"

Wow, he thinks Phantom could close...."

Trump's nonsensical travel ban (which exempts countries where he has golf courses) would likely have caused it anyway. I would argue that even Chicago might not survive. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:22pm

Devastating for the economy and the employees, but absolutely necessary for public health. 

[Kad]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:22pm

Classy of Riedel to close the article with a quote from a producer blaming Equity for this. 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:23pm

Cumo just announced LIVE Breaking News- 

[Falsettolands]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:24pm

VotePeron said: "For anyone not clicking, Riedel is saying —

The Minutes: won’t reopen
Hangmen: likely won’t reopen
Sing Street: pushing opening to Fall 2020
Phantom: might not recover"

the first three of these sadly sound about right. But who's to say? I imagine as the weeks roll on we will hear more and more announcements about individual productions throwing in towels.

[broadway86]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:24pm

And this happens when I've got a tickets to a dozen shows lined up over the next several weeks. 

The good news being that this will lessen the blow to NYC health, and I can at least get that money back. Any idea how long before I should expect to start seeing those refunds? 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:24pm

Broadway will shut down four to six weeks beginning tonight, due to the coronavirus outbreak,

[rpvee]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:25pm

Has anyone discussed what might happen to touring productions? I wanted to see Band’s Visit in Boston and Hartford, but I wonder if tours will be put on pause too...

[JBroadway]

Posted: 3/12/20 at 2:25pm

Is anyone seeing any info concrete info (not from Riedel) about how long this will be in effect?