COVID Cancellations- Page 40

[Wildcard]

Posted: 12/22/21 at 8:57pm

NatalieA said: "regionally, the Broadway San Francisco production of A Christmas Carol cancelled both matinee and evening performances today due to breakthrough COVID cases."

The rest of the SF run has now been cancelled, as it was in LA

 

[NotThatSmart]

Posted: 12/22/21 at 11:14pm

ACL2006 said: "NotThatSmart said: "ACL2006 said: "Mrs. Doubtfire's assistant choreographer,Michaeljon Slinger, jumped into the show tonight. Hopefully they don't shut down again."

Yep. I am here. There are 3 new swings tonight."

Curious who the additional swings are? Would you mind sharing (after the show). Have they hired a standby yet for McClure?"

12/22 night: 

Understudies on for Natalie Hilliard, Wanda, Andre, and the principal/loopy Lenny track. All were fabulous. 

3 new swings in the slip: the aforestated MJ Slinger, Tracee Beazer, and Clifton Samuels.

According to the playbill, Rob only has one U/S: KJ Hippensteel. But I don’t see Rob going anywhere unless he has to.

[NotThatSmart]

Posted: 12/22/21 at 11:20pm

ACL2006 said: "NotThatSmart said: "ACL2006 said: "Mrs. Doubtfire's assistant choreographer,Michaeljon Slinger, jumped into the show tonight. Hopefully they don't shut down again."

Yep. I am here. There are 3 new swings tonight."

Curious who the additional swings are? Would you mind sharing (after the show). Have they hired a standby yet for McClure?"

12/22 night: 

Understudies on for Natalie Hilliard, Wanda, Andre, and the principal/loopy Lenny track. All were fabulous. 

3 new swings in the slip: the aforestated MJ Slinger, Tracee Beazer, and Clifton Samuels.

According to the playbill, Rob only has one U/S: KJ Hippensteel. But I don’t see Rob going anywhere unless he has to.

[MrJNLong]

Posted: 12/22/21 at 11:52pm

Whew! I just finished my 8th show in the last 5 days and I feel incredibly lucky. Flying home tomorrow.

I had this trip planned for a while, and I almost canceled it all last Friday night before I was supposed to catch my flight. It seemed like a fools errand to expect to see all the shows I had planned.  At the last minute I decided to go any way, and if Broadway got shut down, I would just hang out at the Drama Book Shop all day. Haha. Any way. I ended up with only one cancellation (Skeleton Crew) and that was announced two days in advance giving me plenty of time to book another show (Kimberly Akimbo-win!). All my other shows went on as scheduled, even though I was nervous they would cancel all the way up until 15 minutes into each show. Made for a less-than-relaxing trip...but my fears never materialized.

I realize I am extremely lucky.  Additionally, every single main player was in and most shows performed with their entire casts - no understudies.  It was uncanny.  I still don't really believe it.

Additionally, everything I saw was either pretty good or great,  That never happens on New York trips. I usually just see everything I haven't seen yet...and there are always sour apples in the bunch.  But this trip everything was at least pretty good. 

I saw Trouble in Mind, Flying Over Sunset, Assassins, Little Shop of Horrors, Company, The Music Man, The Lehman Trilogy, and Kimberly Akimbo.

I just kept refreshing this thread every half an hour for the last 6 days.  So thank you everyone for the updates.  It was reassuring to know I had all the inside info here.  Although I'm feeling quite relaxed now that I don't feel a compulsion to check this thread every 30 minutes.  

Thanks y'all!

[unclevictor]

Posted: 12/22/21 at 11:54pm

Doubtfire had to put on the assistant choreographer? Seriously? 
What the heck is going on? This is beyond ridiculous. Cancel the fricking show.

[kwazi07]

Posted: 12/22/21 at 11:59pm

Saw Moulin Rouge tonight and in terms of the principals:

Natalie out, Ashley Loren in for Satine

Robyn out, Karli Dinardo in for Nini

There were also understudies in for La Chocolat and Pierre. Not sure exactly how many swings were on tonight.

I was supposed to see MR on Saturday but it was cancelled. MR was the main show I wanted to see coming to NYC, so I was super bummed when it was cancelled, but noticed was able to scoop decent seats in the balcony for $120ish a few hours before the show tonight! It’s our last night for this trip and it was the perfect way to spend it. Was worried I’d come out of this trip 0/3 shows but ended up only missing the Rockettes (and I’m sure we can see them another Christmas).

Hoping Broadway can come out of this winter as intact as possible and can’t wait to come back again soon! 
 

edited to add: was SO happy seeing Aaron in tonight. Saw he was out yesterday, but after I booked the tickets I saw he was back and it made me look forward to it even more—he was absolutely amazing, as was the whole cast

 

Updated On: 12/23/21 at 11:59 PM

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 12:44am

unclevictor said: "Doubtfire had to put on the assistant choreographer? Seriously?
What the heck is going on? This is beyond ridiculous. Cancel the fricking show."

Slinger's performed in 7 Broadway shows as a dancer in the past dozen years. Having him in the show is hardly a bad thing.

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 1:55am

unclevictor said: "Doubtfire had to put on the assistant choreographer? Seriously?
What the heck is going on? This is beyond ridiculous. Cancel the fricking show."

The Writer of "Thoughts of a Colored Man" went on last night after a positive covid test.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/12/22/thoughts-of-a-colored-man-keenan-scott-ii-esau-pritchett-covid-19-broadway/

 

[unclevictor]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 1:57am

MemorableUserName said: "unclevictor said: "Doubtfire had to put on the assistant choreographer? Seriously?
What the heck is going on? This is beyond ridiculous. Cancel the fricking show."

Slinger's performed in 7 Broadway shows as a dancer in the past dozen years. Having him in the show is hardly a bad thing."

It’s not about it being “hardly a bad thing” - it about setting a bad precedent. The asst choreographer isn’t in the show. HIRE more swings. Or, CANCEL the show. This wouldn’t happen in any other department. Unacceptable. 

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 2:41am

They literally hired the assistant choreographer to swing in. They will likely hire more swings and covers. It takes a little more time for that though, and in this moment, they hired the one person who knew the choreography for the show to happen. Everyone wins.

[WestEndGal]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 6:03am

Broadway shows aren’t closing because of inept procedures put in place (even though they’re clearly not perfect); they’re closing because Omicron is ridiculously transmissible and it’s on the rampage. As others have said, having more standbys etc in place won’t help if they’re getting sick too. Being vaccinated and boosted doesn’t even seem to stop you contracting the omicron variant - I now have 4 friends who have caught covid despite being fully vaxed and boosted and they’ve been avoiding large gatherings etc. I’m not sure what could be done to protect the performers and crew short of quarantining them all in their own Broadway hotel, and cutting them off from contact with anyone else - which obviously is not remotely feasible!

Of course it’s not right that shows are cancelled mere hours before a performance and the whole system does seem to be a bit of a mess right now, but I’m not hearing anyone come up with feasible solutions that can mean shows stay open (and profitable) in the middle of this covid spike. Sure you could test everyday (which would help) but then if you haven’t got enough replacements then you can’t stay open anyway! Unfortunately it’s just the way of it at the moment, and it sucks! 
 

One thing that does annoy me is the suggestion that some performers/leads are not going on out of an abundance of caution! The standbys and replacements probably don’t have that luxury!

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 9:53am

It's not all that uncommon for the asst choreographer to swing in the show at the beginning of its run.

[unclevictor]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 12:19pm

ACL2006 said: "It's not all that uncommon for the asst choreographer to swing in the show at the beginning of its run."

Never. Never ever heard of this. 

[HogansHero]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 12:23pm

always nice when a poster acknowledges that a previous post was the result of not knowing what they were talking about. 

[@z5]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 12:30pm

Moulin Rouge cancelled both shows today and on 12/25.

[OneNJen]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 12:39pm

Pretty Woman Cancelled In DC at the National Theater - was supposed to run last week of December to Jan 2.  Disappointed.  Scooped up tickets for Baltimore in April.  Hope it still runs!

[pmensky]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 1:03pm

Have there been reports of crew members being out for testing positive? We keep hearing “hire more swings” but If all three of the dressers who do a quick change are out, and they don’t have alternates, or the alternates are already there doing other duties, then this becomes a safety issue and a reason to cancel a performance. Same with board operators, ASMs, etc. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 1:43pm

Claybourne Elder just posted on Instagram that he tested positive for COVID and will be out of Company for a while with Jacob Dickey swinging into his track. 
 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CX1e1dFLKg7/?utm_medium=copy_link

[Huss417]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 2:22pm

unclevictor said: "ACL2006 said: "It's not all that uncommon for the asst choreographer to swing in the show at the beginning of its run."

Never. Never ever heard of this."

But weren't you the who who "heard" Caroline or Change would close well before the scheduled closing date?

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 2:27pm

Times Square New Year's Eve celebration will be scaled back, city says

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/23/us/nyc-times-square-nye-2022/index.html

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 2:36pm

Just saw on social media that a sub pianist conducted Caroline, or Change last night. Must have been an emergency situation. It was his Broadway conducting debut.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 3:31pm

HeyMrMusic said: "Just saw on social media that a sub pianist conductedCaroline, or Change last night. Must have been an emergency situation. It was his Broadway conducting debut."

Wow!

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 3:32pm

American Utopia performances cancelled today. They will resume on the 26th at least. 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 3:37pm

quizking101 said: "Claybourne Elder just posted on Instagram that he tested positive for COVID and will be out of Company for a while with Jacob Dickey swinging into his track.


https://www.instagram.com/p/CX1e1dFLKg7/?utm_medium=copy_link"

Dickey's been on a lot this month!

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 3:42pm

I guess a silver lining in all this is understudies, swings, sub musicians, sub conductors, etc are getting many more chances than they ever would in normal times!