| I was not playing games with the words. As I have posted elsewhere on this page, I think we will have half a dozen or so shows in the Fall and will be around half functioning by the Spring. A majority of theatres will be dark until the following season and maybe beyond. There will not be a semblance of normality. Why? Because even assuming we stay on track disease wise, we will not have everyone vaccinated until August, and Equity is not going to negotiate a different protocol than the one they have in place now (which is not a viable foundation for reopening) until everyone in a theatre has been vaccinated. Then, assuming negotiations go like clockwork (a big open question) shows need to be cast and rehearsed, and tickets have to be sold. That gets us to October. Now that's just logistics. We then confront the fact that the market is going to be small. Lots of people have reasons not to come to Broadway and no one seriously thinks tourism will return on a dime. London is not an analogous situation because it is not tourist dependent in the same way, even if all other things were equal. 21-22 is going to be a glass half full. I am optimistic but I respectfully suggest that what you are suggesting is not realistic in that time frame. |
