NYT: Broadway Reopened. For 36 Minutes. It's a Start

[BroadwayGuy12]

Posted: 4/3/21 at 7:20pm

"Three hundred and eighty-seven days after Broadway went dark, a faint light started to glimmer on Saturday.

There were just two performers — one at a time — on a bare Broadway stage. But together they conjured up decades of theater lore, invoking the songs and shows and stars that once filled the grand houses in and around Times Square.

The 36-minute event, before a masked audience of 150 scattered across an auditorium with 1,700 seats, was the first such experiment since the coronavirus pandemic caused all 41 Broadway houses to close on March 12, 2020, and industry leaders are hoping it will be a promising step on what is sure to be a slow and bumpy road to eventual reopening."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/theater/broadway-reopening.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/3/21 at 7:33pm

Didn’t they say these events would be filmed and put online?

[JSquared2]

Posted: 4/3/21 at 7:59pm

It was shown live in its entirety on Instagram Live.  

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/3/21 at 8:01pm

Ah. And I’m guessing that means it’s not available anymore.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 4/3/21 at 8:04pm

I haven't seen any of them available for replay yet -- although I haven't looked very hard.  If you follow NYPopsUp on IG and sign up to be alerted about their new posts, they'll send you notifications whenever a live performance is starting.

Last Friday night Justin Vivian Bond did a 30 minute show from Hudson that was pretty great.

 

 

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 4/3/21 at 8:34pm

These were glorious. Savion Glover tapped softly and then furiously as he "sang" (I'll put it in quotes because it was a combination of speaking and singing) lines from various showtunes. His delivery of "everything's ehhh in America" made me giggle, and I sat in awe watching his feet and his genius.Then Nathan Lane walked out. I was initially disappointed that he was doing a monologue, but it was so full of love, joy, and longing that my heart swelled. We were his character, and he (and his monologue writer) captured us pretty perfectly. I hope we get to see more of these pop up to tide us over until we have a real opening.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/3/21 at 8:51pm

Yes, Savion was absolutely brilliant. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/3/21 at 9:11pm

Jordan Roth posted a few videos on his Instagram.

https://instagram.com/jordan_roth?igshid=1da1y5mon9igv

[Wick3]

Posted: 4/3/21 at 9:39pm

This is really cool!

I didn't know NY PopsUp had an instagram acct but they have parts of the performances in their insta story:

https://www.instagram.com/stories/nypopsup/2544056183263445891/

 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/3/21 at 9:44pm

Good work as per usual, Mr. Paulson, and congrats to Lane and Glover for bringing a small sliver of live theatre back to New York City!

Looks like the St. James was awakened for a bit by the ghost of Max Bialystock- can you believe it's been 20 years since Lane opened The Producers in that very house?

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 4/3/21 at 10:39pm

Sutton...I had no idea that you worked for Broadway Cares or Equity Fights AIDS. Good for you.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/3/21 at 11:01pm

Smooth, I apologize for the misunderstanding, I watched it live on IG. But, I do donate generously to Broadway Cares every December in honor of my lovely Uncle who passed away when I was a child of Aids complications. 

Have a good rest of your night.