COVID Cancellations — Page 13

n2nbaby said: "Trish2 said: "So Radio City finally gets on the bandwagon! Unfortunately, they still allow you to be unmasked inside the theatre! (according to their website)



https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Madison-Square-Garden-Entertainment-to-Begin-Enforcing-City-Mandate-For-Child-Vaccinations-Tonight-20211216"

I was there yesterday and they very much do not mandate masks inside the building. It was.. bizarre to say the least. You got a stamp on your hand saying you’re vaccinated, like they are going to look at everyone that had their mask down…"

It's too bad the BWW staff can't add that jarring detail to the press release!

n2nbaby said: "Trish2 said: "So Radio City finally gets on the bandwagon! Unfortunately, they still allow you to be unmasked inside the theatre! (according to their website)



https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Madison-Square-Garden-Entertainment-to-Begin-Enforcing-City-Mandate-For-Child-Vaccinations-Tonight-20211216"

I was there yesterday and they very much do not mandate masks inside the building. It was.. bizarre to say the least. You got a stamp on your hand saying you’re vaccinated, like they are going to look at everyone that had their mask down…"



It's outrageous!

My partner & I had tickets to a bunch of shows in March 2020, which were obviously canceled. Most years we take a few Broadway trips a year & it's just our favorite thing in the world. We were so excited to finally get back for a week's worth of shows the week after Christmas this year, but with everything going on we just elected to cancel our whole trip. These cancelations are causing so much anxiety & we were meant to stay with some elderly relatives & the whole thing felt unsafe & uncertain.

I am in tears about this. Theater is basically the most life-giving thing in my life & it's been so painful not having it & I am so angry COVID is continuing to endanger this art form that I love so much. I know everyone is sick of this. I know everyone wants theater to be back & thriving. But I am just so, so sad & angry right now, y'all.

I know people are starting to get anxious and fear is rising about the infections. I feel badly that many are so scared. I know a scientist who explained it to me this way and it comforted me. Viruses do not want to kill people, they want to be able to thrive and replicate. If a host dies, the virus does not succeed. So the Omicron should be spreading much faster and be much much weaker so as to not do harm and keep its hosts functioning. Similar to a common cold. He was very hopeful that this is the last wave before it peters out. People just need to take their universal precautions, get vaccinated and follow CDC guidelines. Let’s hope this is true.


I am glad Broadway is taking this seriously and hopefully things are on an even keel soon. Take care everyone. xo

CoercedBull said: "My partner & I had tickets to a bunch of shows in March 2020, which were obviously canceled. Most years we take a few Broadway trips a year & it's just our favorite thing in the world. We were so excited to finally get back for a week's worth of shows the week after Christmas this year, but with everything going on we just elected to cancel our whole trip. These cancelations are causing so much anxiety & we were meant to stay with some elderly relatives & the whole thing felt unsafe & uncertain.

I am in tears about this. Theater is basically the most life-giving thing in my life & it's been so painful not having it & I am so angry COVID is continuing to endanger this art form that I love so much. I know everyone is sick of this. I know everyone wants theater to be back & thriving. But I am just so, so sad & angry right now, y'all."

I'm there with you. My wife and I take two trips a year from Los Angeles to see as many shows as we can, and had one aborted in late March 2020. Our first trip back - which includes several of the shows we had planned to see back then - is now set for early January. We're both fully vaxxed and boosted, so we have minimal concerns about getting seriously sick even if we're exposed. But the thought of spending so much on flights and hotel only to have the shows we want to see canceled at the last minute, with no opportunity to rebook, is making us seriously (and with no small amount of anger at the unvaxxed who allow this to continue to spread and mutate after two years) consider canceling again. I know I'll be heartbroken if we do...I can't tell you how much I've been looking forward to returning.

I was at Moulin Rouge tonight. I don't understand why they didnt test earlier, the audience was filled with disappointment. I don't think the sting would've been as bad if the preshow hadn't already begun and the countdown on the conductor tv's were happening. No one had any idea this was happening, and it was quite a trek to get to midtown, sit down at a theater for 10 minutes past curtain and be VERY quickly ushered out.

herewegoabc said: "I was at Radio City this weekend, and not only do they not have a mask mandate, they specifically make it a point to ANNOUNCE that they have no mask mandate (for vaccinated individuals) prior to curtain. A lot of people kept theirs on, but probably half of the audience was unmasked. It was very bizarre."

Staff are not all masked either. Anyone know how they can get away with a no mask mandate but BWAY requires? I find it crazy for them not having any regard for the health and safety of those attending the show.

This really hurts casual theatergoers and tourists. If I had a theater trip to the city planned, I'd probably cancel right about now.

I’ve just been messaging with a friend in one of the shows that was cancelled today. (He’s tested positive, had covid two years ago, double vaxed and booster.) He said that don’t believe that there’s just a one case thing in the theatre. For their show there were over 14 people that tested positive. He doesn’t believe that the show will be back until after the weekend at the earliest.


Looking at this realistically here. This will be a death sentence for many shows: the complete cancellation of multiple shows with positive cases, the requirements of vax pass, the inflation in tickets, the lack of tourists coming in for the holidays. We will be seeing a huuuuge drop off this winter. (Ie. Tina, Jagged, Girl From the North, Doubtfire&hellip

Cancelling a show while the audience is seated feels like a final straw of sustainability. If these shows followed all protocols then it's the protocols that are problematic and not sustainable. Finding out a show is cancelled a few hours beforehand allows folks to get tickets to something else, not ideal but folks can still have a night out. With the reports of two shows cancelling with a seated audience, I would think even locals aren't going to bother until things (hopefully) stabilize again.

This surge has come on so strong I hope it flares out quickly (as others have more elegantly noted).

Exactly! I work walking-distance from midtown and intended to see a show tonight (it would only be my second since the pandemic), but opted not to purchase a ticket this morning because of the cancellations/uptick.

A sherlock carol and the alchemist were cancelled tonight. I was on line going in at 6:45 they were saying outside a sherlock carol has been cancelled and the other 3 shows are playing. When I got up to the box office the attendant told me my show the alchemist was cancelled tonight. I told him they said outside only sherlock carol was cancelled, he said the alchemist was also cancelled just now.

Ran over to waitress got a $49 rush ticket, ciara and josh were fantastic.