Broadway to Close? — Page 32

Sutton Ross said: "Summer 2021 is the earliest Broadway could possibly return."

Stop spreading bullsh*t around. Immediately.


Sure my Summer 2021 statement may be hyperbole but I don't know what world y'all are living in that you think a room of +/-1000 people will safely be a thing in the remotely near future. New York will take a VERY long time to recover from this and large gatherings such as theater, concerts and sporting events will be the absolute last things to re-up.

Updated On: 4/21/20 at 02:21 PM

I can see theatres opening before sports stadiums. Sporting events involve shouting (spreading of saliva) and a lot more possible physical contact than the normal theater does. Plus there’s significantly less people in a theater than at a stadium.

Updated On: 4/21/20 at 02:54 PM

Kad said: "It's fun to see Roxy not care, then care, and then go back to not caring after 40,000+ people have died."

I have seen this pattern of constantly shifting sympathies elsewhere and it USUALLY correlates pretty closely to certain "news" networks' propaganda feed....

I also believe producers won't want to re-open until there is some certainty that they won't be shut down again. Sporting events might try doing this without fans in the stands, but theatre/opera/ballet can't do that and it really is a gamble to start this just to shut it down again. On the audience front, beyond taking the risk of going to the theatre, there is a bigger risk of planning a trip to New York, hotels, flights, etc. that might get cancelled. Suddenly, 2021 seems more real than before.

Updated On: 4/21/20 at 04:50 PM

Miles2Go2 said: "According to CNN, the Washington Post has announced that upon an interview with Director of the CDC a second wave of COVID-19 in the fall/winter could be far worse than this first wave since it would coincide with the flu season. Let’s hope not. "

I honestly expected this. I saw a news article somewhere that oxford (I believe) is working on a vaccine that could be pumped out by September which seems pretty unbelievable considering the time it takes to make and mass produce vaccines, but... who knows.

Per Kad on 3/11/20.

"Trump did not institute travel restrictions to and from China until after there were US cases, on 1/31- which meant there were already cases worldwide. Experts do not seem to believe that these restrictions, or any travel restrictions, did much of anything in the way of stopping the virus spread or saving lives. "

Per Dr. Fauci on 3/16/20.

" On ABC News "This Week" on Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health, indicated that the Trump administration's early decision to ban most travel from China slowed the spread of the Wuhan flu in the United States "

Just curious if when you were looking back and having fun at old comments on this thread if you ever thought of saying you were wrong.

yankeefan7 said: "Per Kad on 3/11/20.

"Trump did not institute travel restrictions to and from China until after there were US cases, on 1/31- whichmeant there were already cases worldwide. Experts do not seem to believe that these restrictions, or any travel restrictions, did much of anything in the way of stopping the virus spread or saving lives. "

Per Dr. Fauci on 3/16/20.

" On ABC News "This Week" on Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health, indicated that the Trump administration's early decision to ban most travel from China slowed the spread of the Wuhan flu in the United States "

Just curious if when you were looking back and having fun at old comments on this thread if you ever thought of saying you were wrong."

Experts were saying that. And, in fact, there is hardly consensus on the effect it had. Sure, it may have indeed slowed the spread or saved lives. But it still isn't the blunt dismissal of the situation Roxy attributed to it.

"The impact hasn’t been quantified. While Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health has praised the travel restrictions on China for slowing the virus, it’s not known how big an impact they had or if “thousands and thousands” of lives were saved."

Trump brags about his China travel ban. Health experts say it’s had little effect

Coronavirus is already here. Blocking travelers won’t prevent its spread.

Fauci is wrong: Italy did close its border to China

Jordan Catalano said: "I’m pretty sure I’ll be seeing a lot of shows on the West End before Broadway opens up again."

That's if we ever get to fly again, let alone internationally.

Miles2Go2 said: "And of course a lot of this depends on the people who fill those seats not being risk-adverse. I’m guessing sports fans may be more willing to take risks before theater attendees, but I could very well be wrong. Also, NYC has been the epicenter for the pandemic in the United States so that is obviously going to play a part.

I can tell you that I have taken a huge financial hit with the shut-down. It’ll likely take me a year or longer to recover. I’m not complaining. It’s absolutely what needed to happen. Once I’m able to resume work travel, I’ll do that with trepidation out of necessity. But I see any fun trips to NYC being a year or two years away for me.

Suddenly, seeing every NYC show I want to see seems less important to me than being on financially stable ground and being safe."

Unfortunately, AMEN! It is going to take a lot longer than 'opening things back up' to get me into crowded spaces...I suspect that I will at least need to have a vaccine in me OR just maybe (but, truly not likely) if we enter into a period where no new cases are being reported, if there actually does turn out to be a dormancy period, as some have indicated is possible.

That frustrates me because I just turned 70 and who knows how many years I have of active theatergoing and overseas travel I still have in me, that assuming that I do NOT get Covid19. I have saved a Playbill from every show I have ever seen except one, so I guess I can start to reminisce re the ones I did see (and even the ones I did not, based on the advertisements in the Playbill).

Remdesivir is showing effectiveness in trials, but it is only for TREATMENT once you have contracted the virus. So thus, the virus still remains around and highly contagious (leading to outbreaks and overwhelming the health system). This will not help with the fear of getting large amounts of people into a theatre. We need a vaccine to get to that point. It's that simple.

AnnieBlack said: "Remdesivir is showing effectiveness in trials, but it is only for TREATMENT once you have contracted the virus. So thus, the virus still remains around and highly contagious (leading to outbreaks and overwhelming the health system). This will not help with the fear of getting large amounts of people into a theatre. We need a vaccine to get to that point. It's that simple."

Of course it's only for treatment, that's the point...nobody is expecting THE vaccine anytime soon, that's a fantasy. Any viable treatments with next to no error margin will help bridge the gap between now and the vaccine and hopefully keep a total anarchic socioeconomic collapse from happening...certainly don't start lifting these pauses and distancing measures too soon, that's asking for trouble, but humans and the economy can't afford to wait until 2021 either. No nation can survive a 10 month economic pause. Of course this whole "people or the economy" debate could have been avoided if we didn't have inept leadership who could have taken this seriously form the start...but this is where we are. Treatments can help lift these pauses...in baby steps of course.