HogansHero said: "kidmanboy said: "I really feel for the entire community and city. But I’m also not sure what new Broadway leadership should/would do. Each production is a separate business. If some are able to still operate safely and keep people employed, why shouldn’t they be running? A full on Broadway closure may mean some of the shows that are making it through this week would close for good and even more people would be unemployed. There’s not really a good answer here - this just all sucks."
First, as I say in another post, I don't think plowing through is going to be viable, whether it is because folks are not healthy or because there is simply not going to be enough audience. Secondly, I think pushing through will do more damage than a having a controlled hiatus, based on understandings between all of the parties. (That's what leadership could do, if we had some.) No one will gain by losing a ton of money over the next month or two, and shows that might survive a hiatus might not survive that. (All of that said, I still stand by my expectation that we will have around a dozen or so shows still standing on 3/1/22.0"
First, let me say that I don't disagree with you. However, I will say this: If there is a hiatus, they have to have an end date to it. It can't be another indefinite shutdown, à la 2020. We have vaccines now, and we simply can't go back to March 2020. If they say they're going on hiatus for January and February, they need to be ready to come back at the beginning of March. This hiatus needs to be designed to get shows through the Omicron surge/winter, not to wait for some big breakthrough (again, à la 2020).
And during this hiatus, they need to come up with a clear plan. A plan to avoid this ever happening again, and to ensure Broadway's recovery as much as possible.
Updated On: 12/25/21 at 06:37 PM
