Broadway to Close? — Page 28

RWPrincess said: "Years ago there was a show on TLC called A Wedding Story. Patrick and Paige's wedding was one of the features on there. Not sure if it's streaming anywhere. Paige's full name is Mindy Paige Davis."

I think it's available on Amazon Prime for $2. In looking, I found this cute article about their relationship:

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/relationships/a19704378/paige-davis-husband-patrick-page/

Robbie2 said: "Robbie2 said: "Robbie2 said: "Robbie2 said: "Robbie2 said: "Robbie2 said: "Robbie2 said: "4000 CASES in NYC as of this evening...NYC Needs to do this now!!!
All Californians, Nearly 40 Million People, Have Been Ordered To Stay Home To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus "This is a moment where we need some straight talk and we need to tell people the truth: We need to bend the curve in the state of California."
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/los-angeles-county-coronavirus-shelter-in-place?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeed&ref=bffbbuzzfeed&fbclid=IwAR2NMrpBvQjnbklVHfD-_ejYQSGd218ouw3FAeF-nmhT6EBdBGrEiIoQfKw"



RIGHT NOW

As of Friday afternoon, there were 7,845 confirmed coronavirus cases in New York State, with 5,151 of them in New York City, according to official data.

A jump in CASES overnight from 4000 > 5151 in NYC!!!"



SATURDAY

5151 > 6211 CASES in NYC now!

Cuomo announced that there are 10,356 confirmed Covid-19 cases across New York. There are 3,254 new cases across New York state, Cuomo said, with at least 1,803 new cases in New York City alone for a combined total of 6,211.

Fifty-four percent of New York State cases are of people between 18 and 49 years old.

At least 45,000 people have been tested for Covid-19, and about 15% of those cases are being hospitalized.

40-60% will get the VIRUS in NY!"



For SUNDAY

6211 > 9000 CASES in NYC

Coronavirus in N.Y.C.: Region Is Now an Epicenter of Global Pandemic

New York City and its suburbs account for roughly 5 percent of global cases, forcing officials to take urgent steps to stem the outbreak.

He said that 18- to 49-year-olds make up more than half of all cases in the state, and that more than 9,000

cases were in New York City.

There are now 15,168 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the state, up 4,812 since Saturday, and 114 deaths, Mr. Cuomo said. About 13 percent, or 1,974 people in New York who tested positive for the virus, are hospitalized, Mr. Cuomo said"



As for today -MONDAY

According to Cuomo, New York now has 20,875 positive coronavirus cases - 12,305 in NYC!

5000 NEW CASES in NYS over night!?

WOWOWOWO!?"



As for today - TUESDAY

60% of the CASES are here in NY

NYC 15,000 CASES NYSTATE 25,656 CASES

We won't reach peak for another 2-3 weeks or so and once we do...the rest of the USA will start showing major increases in cases..."



From Tuesday > today-THURSDAY

NYCCASES 15,000 > 21,393

NYS CASES25,656 > 37,258"



For today - FRIDAY

NYC CASES 25,393

NYS CASES 44,635

USA CASES 95,101

***In just one week- from last Friday > today

NYC CASES have increased from 5151 > 25,393

NYS CASES have increased from 7845 > 44,636

Scary and concerning to think about how many CASES by next Friday April 3???

Updated On: 3/27/20 at 02:52 PM

Once more tests become available where everyone can get tested then the numbers are going to keep skyrocketing, especially in NY.

Jordan Catalano said: "Cuomo just extended the “pause” in the city to 4/15."

Maybe I'm an idiot, but did it ever have an end date to begin with? Not to mention, I'm not seeing this piece of news anywhere.

Broadway officially closed until 4/12 so this just changed that by a few days. Cuomo stated that he’s viewing extensions on a bi-weekly basis.

This was announced during today’s press conference.

Updated On: 3/29/20 at 01:00 PM

Edited that I already came across his conference today about extending until 4-15, and while I get Broadway is officially dark until Easter, I still don't think his "pause" on everything non essential,, which came after Broadway announcing that's it's going dark, had an end date to begin with. Maybe it's just my assumption that everything is going to be 'dark' and closed for a while, so any end date is meaningless to me.

Sunny11 said: "TBH I am preparing my self for the lockdown to be about 12 weeks like Wuhan, China where they think this all started."

As in NY? NY isn't on a lockdown. It might as well be, considering everything but the essentials is closed, the only thing missing to make this that kind of lockdown is not allowing us to go outside our home except for said essentials. However, it seems more and more idiots are finally caching on to how serious this is, I keep seeing less and less people about where I'd normally see them congregating where they shouldn't. And just as a sidenote, I'm not complaining at all that liquor stores are somehow considered essential...why, I don't know, but for my own selfish purposes, I'm so fine with it LOL, because mama needs the edge taken off at times.

Dr. Fauci said this morning on CNN that we could see more than 100,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. We currently have 2,400+ deaths here. If that’s the case, Broadway probably ain’t opening for a long, long time, folks.

Updated On: 3/29/20 at 03:49 PM

I do not see Broadway opening before autumn this year, a re-opening only next year seems even more likely. In Europe we also thought in mid March that this will only take 4-6 weeks, however it is now clear that the virus will keep us locked down for at least until summer. Only then shops will re-open with limited number of customers allowed and strict health precautions, however the life then will be more similar to the lock-down situation as to our life before Corona. I cannot imagine that they will allow around 1'000 people or more to congregate in a theatre before either most people are vaccinated (unrealistic before 2021) or are immune because they contracted Covid-19 already. Everything else would be a miracle, lets still hope for it.

Miles2Go2 said: "Dr. Fauci said this morning on CNN that we could see more than 100,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. We currently have 2,400+ deaths here. If that’s the case, Broadway probably ain’t opening for a long, long time, folks."

Exponential growth. That wouldn't take a long, long time

Miles2Go2 said: "Midnight Radio said: "Miles2Go2 said: "Dr. Fauci said this morning on CNN that we could see more than 100,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. We currently have 2,400+ deaths here. If that’s the case, Broadway probably ain’t opening for a long, long time, folks."

Exponential growth. That wouldn't take a long, long time"

Very possibly, but it’s probably going to take more than expected to reach the peak. If Dr. Fauci’s prediction runs true, I’d imagine we will have lost 50,000+ by the time we reach the peak then the remainder of the deaths happening on the other side of the curve.But let’s say that we do lose the bulk of those 100,000+ in the next few weeks. That too poses a problem as the huge loss of life in such a short period of time will also have a major impact on industries restarting."

I agree with everything you have written in this thread, with the exception of your last sentence. If the deaths do skew significantly in the direction retired and elderly people (clearly, they are not the only ones dying), why do you think that would have a major impact on industries starting? I will say that I do expect the travel and leisure business to be negatively impacted anger because -- between fear and loss of discretionary income -- I think people are going to be leery of going into tightly spaced theatres (movie, legitimate, etc.), restaurants (particularly those that do't have tablecloths); I suspect that apprehension will be worse the higher the death toll gets.

With the moron-in-chief now extending the quarantine deadline to 4/30, I assume there will be an announcement tomorrow or Tuesday postponing performances officially for another month at least. I wonder what the next casualties will be? But I don't want to actually know the answers, because it is so sad.

I am sure that no-one on this board ever expected to live through something like this in our lifetime. Impact is so awful from every perspective, with the moron bragging that his ratings are higher than The Bachelor. OMG!! I keep on forgetting that Coronavirus may only be the second worst thing happening to the planet presently.

I love the theatre...have loved it for more than 55 years. Many of my fondest memories in life are of theatrical events I have attended, e.g., seeing a matinee of Follies in Boston (with several songs that never made it to Broadway), watching the complete look of pain on Jason Robards' face as Colleen Dewhurst cradled him, seeing Angela Lansbury's high kicks for the first time, etc. When I think about getting back on the horse once it all starts up again, it is scary. I know I will not let that delay me for too long, but how many others will take a lot longer to 'get back on the theatergoing horse'. I fear more and more each day that recovery is going to take a lot longer than anyone here wants it to. Someone posted awhile back that Hugh Jackman may be responsible for re-opening Broadway, in the sense that a new monster hit always energizes ticket sales. As already stated in other threads, but becoming increasingly logical with every day, we need some other mega-stars to help with the jump start.

Jarethan said: "Miles2Go2 said: "But let’s say that we do lose the bulk of those 100,000+ in the next few weeks. That too poses a problem as the huge loss of life in such a short period of time will also have a major impact on industries restarting."

I agree with everything you have written in this thread, with the exception of your last sentence. If the deaths do skew significantly in the direction retired and elderly people (clearly, they are not the only ones dying), why do you think that would have a major impact on industries starting? I will say that I do expect the travel and leisure business to be negatively impacted anger because -- between fear and loss of discretionary income -- I think people are going to be leery of going into tightly spacedtheatres (movie, legitimate, etc.), restaurants (particularly those that do't have tablecloths); I suspect that apprehension will be worse the higher the death toll gets."

I’m just imagining having hospitals and makeshift morgues backed up with an overload of corpses and hospitals overflowing with the not dead, but still recovering (possibly 3 x the number of dead) may have far reaching effects we can’t even wrap our minds around right now. I hope I’m wrong.