Broadway to Close? — Page 5

Dancingthrulife2 said: "Besides the two productions, you have to take into consideration that people seeing previews are often frequent theatergoers who are likely to also see new productions around this time."

Not only that, Shubert Security enters various houses during, before, and after performances and will interact with staff. So the exposure isn't just the two houses.

This is very sad. The president is doing another address tonight. I suspect tonight will be the last night of performances. If it is bad enough to shut down they will want to do it as soon as reasonably possible.

Unfortunately, constant cleaning of the theaters will not work in a pandemic.

What health officials are recommending to prevent the spread is "Social Distancing." Keeping greater than normal distance between people. Six feet is ideal, three feet is recommended as a minimal distance.

A0326T said: "Oh no.

I hope they do 6 shows a week all evenings. Then thorough clean during the day.

So many people will be affected."

Please God no. I have Company tickets for Friday.

If shows close down, it’ll hurt so many people.

Georgeanddot2 said: "I can't help but feel that this Coronavirus will be a whole lot of nothing that will propel us into a full blown recession and destroy the American economy and the lives of many people for a few years."

A whole lot of nothing? Tell that to all the dead , tell that to Italy

My initial thought is what makes 500 the "magic" number. You still will have somebody next to you in close quarters who could sneeze on you etc. Ok, maybe you cut down the odds with limited amount of people but you could do that with giving people the freedom if they want to attend event or not attend event. It is not like people are being denied when they want to exchange their tickets for later date.

yankeefan7 said: "My initial thought is what makes 500 the "magic" number. You still will have somebody next to you in close quarters who could sneeze on you etc. Ok, maybe you cut down the odds with limited amount of people but you could do that with giving people the freedom if they want to attend event or not attend event."

That's very true, and I don't think a magic number even exists except 1 (everyone isolated from everyone else). Whatever number they pick will be at least some degree of arbitrary. But I would hope that they number they pick would strike a balance where the odds are hugely reduced, without also putting an immense strain on a ton of small theatres in addition to the large ones.



It is not like people are being denied when they want to exchange their tickets for later date."

But if the theatres end up closing for an extended amount of time, some of these shows - particularly the limited runs - may never re-open. Not to mention all of the people who are in from out of town, and therefore can't exchange for another date.

songanddanceman2 said: "Georgeanddot2 said: "I can't help but feel that this Coronavirus will be a whole lot of nothing that will propel us into a full blown recession and destroy the American economy and the lives of many people for a few years."

A whole lot of nothing? Tell that to all the dead , tell that to Italy"

Maybe because I can recall the the swine flu and Ebola "outbreaks" and we all braced for impact and it wasn't nearly as bad as anticipated.

I also remember the AIDS crisis though too....

I should say "I HOPE" this turns out to be a whole lot of nothing here in the US.

"But if the theatres end up closing for an extended amount of time, some of these shows - particularly the limited runs - may never re-open. Not to mention all of the people who are in from out of town, and therefore can't exchange for another date. "

I agree and that would be sad which is why I think theaters should stay open and let the ticket buying public decide if they want to still attend the show at this time. I would expect some decline in attendance but I still believe people will come to see shows.

The mods on these boards lock or delete whole threads if someone writes a disparaging remark about certain Broadway performers. Yet, none of them have felt the need to add a GD question mark to this thread title yet - or even change it entirely?

Lord.

Updated On: 3/11/20 at 05:59 PM

Georgeanddot2 said: "I can't help but feel that this Coronavirus will be a whole lot of nothing that will propel us into a full blown recession and destroy the American economy and the lives of many people for a few years."

You say this like we recovered from that last one...we didn't. But aside from that, this is what terrifies me the most.