On some nights, half of all shows were canceled -" In December, so many theater workers tested positive for the coronavirus that, “This is the worst I have ever experienced,” said Jack Viertel, a longtime executive at Jujamcyn Theaters, which operates five Broadway houses. To figure out whether they even worked enough weeks to qualify for unemployment Cast and crew members from shuttered productions are trying 21, the production lost $1.5 million, in what would typicallyīy Sunday, jan 16 only 19 shows were running in the 41īroadway theaters. Doutbfire” went dark for 11 shows, fromĭec. Temporarily and six shows closed permanently.įriendly shows that usually thrive during the holiday season, died during the Our intrepid reviewer’s rushed to cover shows as they open, writeĪnd submit their reviews and get them posted how many times has the show hasĪlready closed leaving us in a quandary "can we post a review of a showīefore the Christmas season 16 shows closed due to the pandemic Aladdin had a spirited gala opening and shut down the very nextĭay when someone in the company tested positive) Opened again with startling alacrity and the ubiquitous virus attacked theater
That any news was obsolete before the ink dried as shows opened, closed and "fabulous invalid" as the title of their 1938 play and the phrase stuckĪs characterization of all theater. For Hart and Kaufman, the theatre wasīoth fabulous and an invalid because it had managed to limp along for more thanĪ few millennia amid predictions of its imminent demise in almost every centuryĪpologies to my readers on my staff the past two months I have been trying toĬompose an up-to-date newsletter but the theater scene has been so turbulent Kaufman coined the phrase to define theater the
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