Pass Over at August Wilson Theatre to require proof of Covid vaccination.

Makes sense, with the Delta variant rearing its ugly head...

And maybe the protestors will be good press

Hoping more shows come out and do this. Theatres have to re-open, so do it the safest and most effective way.

This should be par for the course for all shows, until at least spring '22. That gets us through the Delta wave (which has largely already started), as well as the winter season, where respiratory pathogens spread more readily.

On the subject of Broadway still opening in the fall, I'm cautiously optimistic. I've voiced my worries in other threads, but right now, it seems like policymakers are not too keen on shutting down their economies, just to appease the insufferable morons (no cap) who refuse to get vaccinated. Even in LA, the health order reinstating the indoor mask mandate says that indoor masking is an effective measure to mitigate the spread, without causing economic/social/business disruptions. This seems to be the standard belief everywhere that is reinstating mask mandates, and even those mandates seem to be outliers (for now).

I suppose this could change, in time, which is why I have "cautiously" as a preface for my current optimism. But for right now, no one seems keen to shut down again, even the most cautious of policymakers.

Good, just as it should be - and I love the mandatory mask wearing when seated!

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BroadwayRox3588 said: "Jordan Levinson said: "Good, just as it should be - and I love the mandatory mask wearing when seated!"

Masking isn't mandatory when seated. It's mandatoryuntil seated."

That could still change though. I’ll be donning my finest masks whatever shows I see in the future.

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Also, one thing I will add is that if the Delta variant does cause Broadway to either shut down again, or delay reopening, I have no reservations, whatsoever, against introducing anti-vaxxers to my fists.

As a nurse, I’ve been rather busy over the past year and I’m desperately hoping Broadway will reopen - I have tickets to four shows. I also have a trip to Beverly Hills (which I won on “The Price Is Right” taped just before the pandemic) scheduled for September.

Even though I’m fully vaccinated, the anti-vax people are really chipping away at me because their arguments are easily turned about - Usually it’s “We don’t know the long term effects of the vaccine”. Well, we don’t know the long term effects of COVID either so why not go with the safe, protective option? (Had COVID and it SUCKED.)

Back to the main point, I’m fine with everything on Broadway being vaccine-only for the next season. It might hurt some shows a bit, but gatekeeping is really the only way to do it at this point (with full recognition there are noted few with immune issues who may not be able to take the vaccine for health reasons)

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Between this and the continued rise in ticket prices over the past decade, I've been sincerely proposing a hybrid model to pretty much anyone who will listen, but no one seems to be biting. (I dunno why, it's not like BroadwayHD hasn't set a precedent for this idea by doing the perfunctory bureaucratic groundwork of striking deals with authors, cast, etc., for their live-stream events that can be referred to by future producers.)

Namely, for the type of limited capacity opening that should fill the immediate future, you lower the ticket price slightly, and to make up the difference for empty seats, offer simulcast streamed performances (live or thereabouts, at least two a week, to satisfy the variable of each night's uniqueness) at a much lower price. This could increase accessibility and affordability for people who can't -- or, for safety's sake, don't choose to -- leave the house. (And, I suppose, it will also offer access to the morons bitching about their civil liberties too, but ain't nothin' comes for free.)

Then, in the long term, when things get back to a kind of normal, and we're back to standard capacity and they think they can push pricing again, the hybrid model still has legs: even if theater remains the playground of those with cash to burn (be they rich, tourists, or both), they continue to go see it live at the now-standard $150-$200/ticket (on the low end), like people spend ridiculous amounts to see the Super Bowl or New Year's in Times Square in person (both of which, believe it or not, the current Broadway ticket is still largely cheaper than), and an affordable streaming ticket for the rest of us (say, $10 to $20 apiece; could probably even squeeze it to $30, but no higher) can be the new primary income of the Broadway, West End, etc., of the future.

After all, people who don't have the discretionary income to run to the city, or travel overseas, and dump their wages on tickets to see a show multiple times might think twice about seeing their favorite more than once if they only had to spend what they would on a large pizza and never left the house to do it, and the cheaper streaming tickets could sell tens of millions if everyone preaching about accessibility supports them consistently and doesn't pirate,…

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Updated On: 7/16/21 at 02:36 PM

quizking101 said: "As a nurse, I’ve been rather busy over the past year and I’m desperately hoping Broadway will reopen - I have tickets to four shows. I also have a trip to Beverly Hills (which I won on “The Price Is Right” taped just before the pandemic) scheduled for September.

Even though I’m fully vaccinated, the anti-vax people are really chipping away at me because their arguments are easily turned about - Usually it’s “We don’t know the long term effects of the vaccine”. Well, we don’t know the long term effects of COVID either so why not go with the safe, protective option? (Had COVID and it SUCKED.)

Back to the main point, I’m fine with everything on Broadway being vaccine-only for the next season. It might hurt some shows a bit, but gatekeeping is really the only way to do it at this point (with full recognition there are noted few with immune issues who may not be able to take the vaccine for health reasons)"

How about posting in the off topic board about your win. I am really interested. Years ago, while living in Atlanta, I met a female flight attendant, who told me by the pool, that she won the showcase showdown. I wasn't sure if I was getting a "story", but saw her show about a month later.

I'm really hoping theatres and concerts start implementing vaccine checks. Let the anti-vaxx Q-anon crowd picket all they want. I was in Ptown early June days after all mandates were dropped in Massachusetts. People went hog wild and I mean hog wild. Now I am hearing of people I know there getting ill, including those vaccinated. I am hearing of events being cancelled and people quarantining again if they were around a sick person. Stay diligent folks.

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BroadwayRox3588 said: "This should be par for the course for all shows, until at least spring '22. That gets us through the Delta wave (which has largely already started), as well as the winter season, where respiratory pathogens spread more readily.

On the subject of Broadway stillopening in the fall, I'm cautiously optimistic. I've voiced my worries in other threads, but right now, it seems like policymakers are not too keen on shutting down their economies, just to appease the insufferable morons (no cap) who refuse to get vaccinated. Even in LA, the health order reinstating the indoor mask mandate says that indoor masking is an effectivemeasure to mitigate the spread, without causing economic/social/business disruptions. This seems to be the standard belief everywhere that is reinstating mask mandates, and even those mandates seem to be outliers (for now).

I suppose this could change, in time, which is why I have "cautiously" as a preface for my current optimism. But for right now, no one seems keen to shut down again, even the most cautious of policymakers."

Man, today has been awful. My optimism in this area has done a complete 180, since I posted this. And now I'm just laying in bed, depressed at the thought of Broadway possibly being shut down for another 18 months. And angry on top of that, because vaccines were supposed to be our ticket back...but people aren't getting them.

What a difference a few hours makes.

Updated On: 7/16/21 at 05:06 PM

It will NOT be shut down for 18 months. Aw man, you just broke my heart. Get up, we will be okay!