Tim, thanks -- that was a really interesting and illuminating interview. I wonder when the interview took place, or if it was cobbled together from different interviews. St Martin says the only postponements of spring shows she knows of are Roundabout's, which were announced on March 25 (although she probably knew about it earlier than that), but LCT postponed Flying Over Sunset the day before, Second Stage postponed Take Me Out on Apr 2, and MTC postponed How I Learned to Drive on Apr 7. They talk quite a bit about the announcement that Broadway's on hold until June 7, and Cuomo's response to that announcement, but that was not announced until April 8.
But I think the big take-home messages for us are: nothing's re-starting until 6 weeks after Cuomo says it's okay; re-opening won't happen until social distancing is completely over (no every-other-seat arrangement for Broadway); re-opening won't happen if they think they will have to close a few weeks later with a winter resurgence of the virus; and the current thinking is re-opening won't be happening until September at the earliest, and 2021 is not out of the question.
Putting all that together, unless a vaccine or effective treatment happens before then, we're looking at spring 2021 for a Broadway re-opening. |
