CHICKEN & BISCUITS To Close Early on 11/28

A damn shame. Such a wonderful show.

I have to catch it one more time before it closes.

The show was undeniably struggling for a while, though the cancellation of performances certainly hastened it’s demise.

Its a pity because it was a truly hilarious evening with great talent on display. May it have a long life in regional theatres.

It’s not really a surprise I suppose and it has always been not infrequent for shows to close due to finances, but I woke up from a nap to this news and it made me sad. It wasn’t a perfect night at the theater, but it was certainly a fun one. It was my second post-lockdown Broadway show (following a few hours earlier by my first, American Utopia).

It may be my foggy post-nap brain, but I can’t recall. Is this first post-lockdown Broadway show to close early?

Updated On: 11/11/21 at 05:24 PM

Miles2Go2 said: "It’s not really a surprise I suppose and it has always been not infrequent for shows to close due to finances, but I woke up from a nap to this news and it made me sad. It wasn’t a perfect night at the theater, but it was certainly a fun one. It was my second post-lockdown Broadway show (followed a few hours earlier by my first, American Utopia).

It may be my foggy post-nap brain, but I can’t recall. Is this first post-lockdown Broadway show to close early?"

The Lyceum plays will close that same weekend, over a month and a half early.

I'm pissed at so many people right now. At unvaccinated people, for keeping this thing going for way longer than it needs to. At vaccinated people who are irrationally afraid to go to the theatre. At the media, for causing the previous thing.

All are contributing to not only this, but the entire struggle befalling Broadway right now.

Updated On: 11/11/21 at 05:56 PM

BroadwayRox3588 said: "I'm pissed at so many people right now. At unvaccinated people, for keeping this thing going for way longer than it needs to. At vaccinated people who are irrationally afraid to go to the theatre. At the media, for causing the previous thing.

You don't get to tell vaccinated people their fear is irrational. Millions have died.

That’s not fair to a lot of people. I was on the phone with my Mom for over an hour today talking about her fear of going, well anywhere. She’s fully vaxxed but terrified to go out. I’m trying to get her to start and do little things and ease her way back to normality but she’s very scared of still getting sick - and she’s not alone. It’s easier said than done to tell people to “get out and live your life, gurl” when we’re about to enter the third year of an event that’s completely altered the entire planet. I’ve said before, this is the type of event that defines future generations. It’s going to take time and Broadway has been open for less than 3 months. Slow sales and early show closings was 100% completely expected.

Amazing and lucky for all involved (except the investors) that this play made it to Broadway in the first place.

Jordan Catalano said: "That’s not fair to a lot of people. I was on the phone with my Mom for over an hour today talking about her fear of going, well anywhere. She’s fully vaxxed but terrified to go out. I’m trying to get her to start and do little things and ease her way back to normality but she’s very scared of still getting sick - and she’s not alone. It’s easier said than done to tell people to “get out and live your life, gurl” when we’re about to enter the third year of an event that’s completely altered the entire planet. I’ve said before, this is the type of event that defines future generations. It’s going to take time and Broadway has been open for less than 3 months. Slow sales and early show closings was 100% completely expected."

Exactly. Thank you, Jordan.

HogansHero said: "Everyone gets to make their own decision regarding whether/when/how to re-enter the world post-Covid. I have friends and relatives who are scared. But make no mistake, while respect for Covid is rational, fear IS irrational. It's fine to be fearful but it is important to understand what is rational and what is not. And we can try to educate those we love because, also make no mistake, becoming a hermit is no more rational now than it was before Covid had a name."

Exactly. Look, I'm not saying people can't be afraid of Covid; and I am sorry if that wasn't clear. But letting it completely dominate your life, if you're vaccinated, makes about as much sense as letting the flu dominate your life. Breakthrough Covid is not the same thing as unvaccinated Covid, and the hospitalization rates right now make that pretty clear.

Adotburr wrote in part: " Also, people who are vaccinated still get covid so let’s not blame the endemic continuing on the unvaccinated. I will agree that media doesn’t help, either way."

The un-vaxed are very much at fault. In those states that saw unprecedented cases this summer, such as Florida, the hospitals reported >90% of the hospital admits and deaths involved un-vaxed folks. Healthcare workers quit and staged walk-outs because of the unrelenting number of cases of death and severe illness that could've been prevented.

The slow economic recovery and labor shortages can be traced to an unstable health/work environment. Add to that the perverse vax conspiracy theories promoted on social media. And then we had that toxic orange politician and his followers doing everything in their power to subvert vax and masks such as banning mask mandates.

The uncooperative helped drag on the pandemic.

Updated On: 11/11/21 at 08:51 PM