Broadway will now remain closed until at least June 7th.
The Broadway League announced today that theaters will remain closed until June 7, effectively ending the 2019-2020 season.The Broadway League announced today that theaters will remain closed until June 7, effectively ending the 2019-2020 season.Broadway shut down in March for what it thought would be a month, but with New York at the epicenter of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
Broadway brought in $1.8 billion in ticket sales and close to 1.5 million audience members last season. It's New York's top tourist attraction, bringing in more people than all of the tri-state area's professional sports teams combined. And many ancillary businesses have been affected, too – hotels, taxi cabs, restaurants.
When performances were suspended, 16 shows were scheduled to open before the Tony Awards deadline in late April – two of them, a revival ofBeetlejuice will not reopen in June, may move to another theater later. Three shows at non-profit venues will postpone their productions to next season. The pandemic's toll has rocked the community with personal losses, among them Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally, character actor Mark Blum, and composer Adam Schlesinger.
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