Wish Broadway was open on 12/25

Yes, I know performers would like to be with family on Christmas Day like most people. My family traditionally goes to a movie after dinner on Christmas. There are NO good movies or theaters like pre-covid . Last year was WSS, but the theater was so dead. Nothing like Little Women in 2019. It was packed.

So, there is nothing we want to see, but I would kill to go to a Broadway show. Maybe it would be cheaper because peeps want to stay home?

Please make this a tradition! There doesn't have to be an afternoon show!

Why don't you take a trip to Dyker Heights and see the lavish light dispays the people in that neighborhood put up? It's not just for goys.

Look at production calendars. Plenty of shows have perfs on 12/25 evening.

Almost Famous, Chicago, MJ, The Music Man, and The Piano Lesson have performances on Christmas Day this year.

Christmas Eve- 28 performances, only 3 at night.



Christmas DAY - 5 performances, all evenings.



So before you whine about something, maybe you should actually check.

They already have so many performances this month so they can have that day off to be with their families/loved ones. You want to rip it away from them?


I saw on an actors social media that they have like 35 shows or something and that one day off-don’t quote me, it was something like that. You seriously think you matter more? Watch a bootleg or something.

There should be about 6 performance at Radio City Music Hall that day.

How sad that the world doesn't stop to accommodate the capricious whims of a petulant little girl!

https://www.playbill.com/article/broadways-christmas-week-2022-performance-schedule-changes

FindingNamo said: "Gwen Verdon would have done a show on Christmas. Not like the stars of today with their call outs. Christmas is some sort of The Show Must Not Go On day. I mean, sure, if Christmas falls on a Monday, no show. but since movie theaters are dying out, it really is up to Broadway to pick up the Christmas slack."





Well said!

Bill Snibson said: "FindingNamo said: "Gwen Verdon would have done a show on Christmas. Not like the stars of today with their call outs. Christmas is some sort of The Show Must Not Go On day. I mean, sure, if Christmas falls on a Monday, no show. but since movie theaters are dying out, it really is up to Broadway to pick up the Christmas slack."

It really isn’t up to anyone to “pick up the slack”. It’s a holiday. Actors give up so much of their lives to do 8 shows a week. They miss so many holidays and life/family moments. Also, using Gwen Verdon, or Ethel Merman et etc or anyone from the golden age of Broadway as an example is a really lame comparison. If the internet didn't exist we wouldn’t know about absences and guess what??? They missed shows. Watch something on Netflix this Christmas and STFU!"



How crass!

Bill Snibson said: "No what's crass is to try and fabricate this version of what broadway performers used to be and diminish the performers going to work and giving their all every week. What's crass is the entitlement of patrons being mad if an actor doesn't come out of the stage door and sign playbills and take selfies or god forbid they are sick and are unable to perform a show. That to me is crass."

Absolutely agree. Todays audiences are so demanding with their "but you must sign this! I must be able to get a photo with "x" and if I don't meet them [insert overly dramatic reaction here]". Todays audiences have an "all about me" mentality. Heaven forbid they actually care about the performers in a way other than autographs or selfies.