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EDSOSLO858 said: "Seems likeCome From Awaygot the all-clear to resume tonight."



The show's socials have Joel Hatch making a short speech after curtain call. Holly Ann Butler is still with the show as a swing but didn't perform tonight. No clue if any standbys were on tonight.

27 shows performed tonight. Twenty. Seven. Only two less than this time in 2020, before the pandemic.

I expect we won't have that kind of luck every night, but for what we're dealing with right now, I would say that's pretty damn remarkable. And I think we should take good nights when we can get them.

Broadway IS open, and she was extra open tonight.

Updated On: 1/7/22 at 10:41 PM

BroadwayRox3588 said: "27 shows performed tonight. Twenty. Seven. Only two less than this time in 2020, before the pandemic.

I expect we won't have that kind of luck every night, but for what we're dealing with right now, I would say that's pretty damn remarkable. And I think we should take good nights when we can get them.

Broadway IS open, and she was extra open tonight."

I came so close last week to canceling my long-delayed theater trip from LA. What with all the show cancellations and flight cancellations, I feared that if I got here at all, the shows I had tickets to would be canceled. I’m so glad I didn’t. Flying Over Sunset Wednesday, Caroline or Change Thursday, Assassins tonight…the latter two without even a single understudy. Still to come this weekend - Clyde’s, Kimberly Akimbo, Girl From the North Country, and Six. But even if every one of them were to get canceled (and they won’t), it’s already been so worth the trip. (And my flight did get canceled, but I was able to rebook and still get here in time for my first show!)

Miles2Go2 said: "I too am glad I didn’t cancel my trip this week. It wasn’t an ideal time to be traveling with Omricon/Covid cases spiking, show cancelations, flight cancelations, and my finances.

But none of my flights canceled and they all landed ahead of time. None of my three shows canceled and I think I only had one understudy (Tally Sessions for Larry in Company), not that I don’t love understudies.

I had trouble get excited leading up to this trip because of all my worries. But that all changed once I got to NYC. I didn’t realize how much I needed this. Things are looking up for me and this felt like this was the perfect way to start the new year. I loved all three of my shows (Assassins, Company, and Caroline, or Change) and my only regret is that I couldn’t see them again or a few others (Clyde’s, Trouble in Mind, Kimberly Akimbo).

I realize the environment is far from ideal to be traveling right now and I would never tell someone not to trust their gut if it’s telling them not to travel right now. But I felt relatively safe (I’ve upgraded to N95 masks and the only time I was unmasked in public was when eating in restaurants which have a vaccine mandate). Overall, I’m been perhaps extremely cautious during the bulk of the pandemic, but I’m glad I came."

I love this. So much. I'm glad you took this trip, my friend.

Miles2Go2 said: "I too am glad I didn’t cancel my trip this week. It wasn’t an ideal time to be traveling with Omricon/Covid cases spiking, show cancelations, flight cancelations, and my finances.

But none of my flights canceled and they all landed ahead of time. None of my three shows canceled and I think I only had one understudy (Tally Sessions for Larry in Company), not that I don’t love understudies.

I had trouble get excited leading up to this trip because of all my worries. But that all changed once I got to NYC. I didn’t realize how much I needed this. Things are looking up for me and this felt like this was the perfect way to start the new year. I loved all three of my shows (Assassins, Company, and Caroline, or Change) and my only regret is that I couldn’t see them again or a few others (Clyde’s, Trouble in Mind, Kimberly Akimbo).

I realize the environment is far from ideal to be traveling right now and I would never tell someone not to trust their gut if it’s telling them not to travel right now. But I felt relatively safe (I’ve upgraded to N95 masks and the only time I was unmasked in public was when eating in restaurants which have a vaccine mandate). Overall, I’m been perhaps extremely cautious during the bulk of the pandemic, but I’m glad I came."

Please get tested (PCR) for COVID if you ate indoors. Unfortunately, a vaccine mandate doesn't do a ton to stop the spread of Omicron.

BroadwayRox3588 said: "Well it was nice to have some positive energy in this thread for at least a few posts."

Sorry about that. The reality is that the vast majority of people I know who have had COVID recently (including myself) were vaccinated and boosted. If you risked eating indoors, you need to get tested.

BroadwayRox3588 said: "Well it was nice to have some positive energy in this thread for at least a few posts."

Agreed. I loved reading Miles' and Dan's posts. I'm happy they were able to get to NYC and enjoy everything they did and saw! We're 3 years in with covid, they are responsible adults, and I don't think they need to be told when to get a covid test.

pagereynolds said: "Please get tested (PCR) for COVID if you ate indoors. Unfortunately, a vaccine mandate doesn't do a ton to stop the spread of Omicron."

Contrary to these hysterics, you do NOT need to get a PCR test after every single activity you do outside of your home. In fact, if vaccinated, guidelines say you don’t even need to isolate unless you develop symptoms after an exposure. By now, it’s time people start to realize the drop in severity of the Omicron variant (every study done on the variant indicates much less severe disease due to it settling in different sections of the respiratory tract). Can’t say you “believe in science” if when the science starts to tell you to relax, your response is to remain acting like it’s March 2020 again.


It’s also kind of insane the obsession with who does and who doesn’t have Covid in this thread. It’s quite literally no one’s business and the pontification every time someone is in or out is ick. Especially those implying if people got it that they’re somehow irresponsible.

Updated On: 1/8/22 at 08:16 AM

Unless I missed it I haven’t seen anyone post about this Daily Beast article. A long read but filled with interesting stuff. Apparently the Broadway League asked unions to take a 50% pay cut for cancelled performances and they roundly rejected it.


https://www.thedailybeast.com/broadway-unions-revolt-over-proposal-to-half-workers-pay-during-covid-pauses

BroadwayRox3588 said: "All I will say is this. In general, I consider myself pro-union. However, if these unions are going to object to a booster mandate, just to start petty, inconsequential arguments, I might have to rethink that position."

10000000%. It’s interesting how this situation draws similarities with the Chicago schools situation. The teacher’s Union is rejecting concessions unless they include PCR testing for every single student every single week, a system that exactly ZERO school districts in the country have in place. Now, like the League with workers and audiences, Chicago’s municipal government has failed both teachers and students. That much is clear. But we’re living in a different reality with omicron than we have the past two years. I also get it takes time to recalibrate fear, etc.

But at the end of the day, education must happen one way or another, much like you must have audience members buying tickets to continue operating a show. It’s basic economics. Much like legal right to a certain number of paid sick leave days, I wonder if there’s a solution that says shows pay 100% or salaries for paused performances up to a certain number of cancelled performances, and tier down salaries from there for additional pauses. At the end of the day, paying full salaries when not a soul is working in the theatre due to a cancellation isn’t tenable and a whole heck of a lot more people will be completely out of work rather than taking a concession. Which, by the way, concessions are VERY common when a show is financially struggling, so this hard no mentality against making concessions outright now doesn’t quite square.

EDIT: to clarify, though, this is not to give a pass to productions providing inadequate testing that adheres to recommended protocols at the bare minimum.

Updated On: 1/8/22 at 09:53 AM

Yes bway is back! Omicron is still raging but the numbers will start to drop and new shows will open and things will start to get back to normal!!!!

Double post

Updated On: 1/8/22 at 11:22 AM

From what I could gather on socials, Josh Breckenridge was the only standby on last night in COME FROM AWAY. But not every cast member is active on their socials.