COVID Cancellations — Page 16

Tag said: "Clearly a vaccine requirement isn't working as well as we hoped, as we see with all these breakthrough cases in fully vaccinated companies. If there are so many cases within cast & crews, just think about how many audience members have COVID and are sitting beside you. A scary prospect that I think a lot of theater-goers will be thinking about when more mainstream news coverage starts."

This. Thankfully I took the remote position when it was offered so I’m not in my germ infested office, but I’ve heard we have attorneys and support staff coming in testing positive that same morning and not getting sent home*. The only requirement is to get vaccinated or weekly testing. That’s it. Covid is having so much fun going through my office right now so the required vaccines or testing isn’t working. I’m actually shocked my office hasn’t shut down again. 
 

*Only one person has been sent home and it was for the best. He’s medically cleared to work but is continuing treatments for Leukemia. Truthfully, he shouldn’t be there or going to court with how rampant covid is right now. 

"I just landed at LGA, so if this meeting ends up cancelling all shows for a certain period it’s gonna make for a sad weekend"

I really feel bad for people like yourself who are traveling from out of state to see a few shows and they get canceled. Sure, you can get your ticket refunded but you spent a bunch of money traveling and for a hotel and that can't be refunded. Crossing my fingers the shows you have tickets for are not canceled.

Fosse76 said: "There seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding regarding the testing requirements. ALL Broadway employees are required to be testedat leasttwice per week. Some shows are requiring more. Some theaters allow the rapid test (of which there are two types) and some require the 24h lab pcr."

Shows have been testing three times a week minimum for a while now. The number of tests required per week is dictated by the positivity rate.

Don't see a pause happening now during prime holiday season. If anything, it'll happen right after New Years.

ACL2006 said: "Don't see a pause happening now during prime holiday season. If anything, it'll happen right after New Years."

Exactly. If a pause has to happen - and I really doubt that'll be the case - they're gonna ride out the holidays, there's simply too much at stake to pause now, not only for them, but for the city's economy.

If I had my way, I'd take some of these empty hotels, rent them and quarantine everybody for the next two weeks.

If I had my way, I'd take some of these empty hotels, rent them and quarantine everybody for the next two weeks."

I can speak as someone who was in one of the “bubbles” during shutdown- this won’t happen. It’s Christmas. Try and tell the entire cast, crew, FOH, and support that they can’t spend their already limited holiday time with their families. There would be a riot. 
 

plus, it’s nuts expensive. It would be cheaper to take the loss. 

Fosse76 said: "There seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding regarding the testing requirements. ALL Broadway employees are required to be testedat leasttwice per week. Some shows are requiring more. Some theaters allow the rapid test (of which there are two types) and some require the 24h lab pcr."

itsjustmejon said: "Shows have been testing three times a week minimum for a while now. The number of tests required per week is dictated by the positivity rate".

That is not true of all shows

everythingtaboo said: "ACL2006 said: "Don't see a pause happening now during prime holiday season. If anything, it'll happen right after New Years."

Exactly. If a pause has to happen - and I really doubt that'll be the case - they're gonna ride out the holidays, there's simply too much at stake to pause now, not only for them, but for the city's economy.


If I had my way, I'd take some of these empty hotels, rent them and quarantine everybody for the next two weeks."

These actors do not serve you in any shape or form! They have lives outside the theatre. You realize how selfish and foolish you sound right now? 

pmensky said: "ACL2006 said: "Don't see a pause happening now during prime holiday season. If anything, it'll happen right after New Years."

You say this as if a large number of sold tickets somehow wards off Covid."

You say this like producers aren't going to try and maximize whatever revenues they can and deal with intermittent cancellations if they have to during peak tourist season.

TINA is apparently back on tonight.

everythingtaboo said: "iluvtheatertrash said: "If you had your way? These are human beings who have lives outside of the theatre. Get over yourself. They don’t live to serve you."

Okay relax, it's just a colloquialism."

 

Yeah, no need to get bent out of shape over that. Have used that term for years.

But to that comment, unfortunately we are at a place where not even that would work. We know that even vaccinated we can contract and pass the virus on. So once out of quarantine people become susceptible again. My thought is, at this point, that since vaccinated and boosted people aren't getting really sick or dying in mass number, shut shows down, including tours, for a day before their dark day and days between touring cities and get everyone boosted. Give them the dark day for any side affects and open back up on the third day, if possible. (Yes, money will be lost but this is public health) Granted, the boosters don't work that fast but at least you can get everyone with a production taken care of in one day. Unfortunately, there will still be positive tests but at least everyone will be up to date on vaccines. It seems this is the direction things are going according to St. Martin's comments on the news the other day.

Until this should hopefully burn itself out or not mutate again, we are going to be living with it for a while. It is now pretty much an endemic like the winter flu but only year round and deadlier. So get everyone protected. Of course things can change on a dime, as we have seen with this, but I think we may be seeing a time that when the CDC feels enough people are vaccinated and no new dangerous strains arise, they will allow masks to come off again and it will be treated as a cold or flu until it hopefully burns itself out in a few years. Or not. We already have a treatment to help stop it if caught in time, we could possibly have things like we buy over the counter for colds and flu in the future for Covid including a yearly vaccine. But who knows. We never expected to be where we are now. Just my thoughts.

 

"It wasn't "if I had my way" that bothered me, but the entire, tone-deaf, selfish suggestion."

Unless they're going to do the bubble the way the NBA did and pay them as much as those players make!

 

Dolly80 said: "The cast only get tested JUST BEFORE the show when they arrive at the theatres? That is insane!


In the Uk they have to test first thing in the morning at home and call it in by 11am.

what happened last night at Moulin Rouge! Will be the last nail in the coffin for audience confidence if another testing scheme isn’t worked out there. Everything right now is pointing towards a full theatre shut down, it’s almost certainly going to happen in London. Bookings are being cancelled at alarming rates and no one wants to sit in a packed theatre with this new variant spreading like wildfire.



I bet The Music Man are very very nervous indeed, (And every show quite frankly)"

 

I spoke with my agent friend with a lot of actors in Broadway shows and producers-agents are freaking out with what's happening with the covid outbreak on Broadway. He also stated the producers of The Music Man are very very nervous with previews starting on Monday. They have the largest cast-staff on Broadway and the last thing they want to do is to have to cancel any previews starting next week!!!