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| Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 07:31 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
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| Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Hiatus On Broadway Nine Weeks, From January 10 - March 14, 2022 Performances to Resume March 15 At the Stephen Sondheim Theatre Tickets on Sale Through November, 2022 www.DoubtfireBroadway.com Producer Kevin McCollum announced today that Mrs. Doubtfire, the new musical comedy with a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell and music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick, directed by Jerry Zaks, will take a hiatus on Broadway from January 10 to March 14, 2022 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 W 43rd St, NYC).. Tickets for Mrs. Doubtfire on Broadway are now on sale at Telecharge.com and more tickets will go on sale this week for performances through November 20, 2022. Audience members currently holding tickets March 15 or later will keep their locations. Anyone with tickets during the hiatus can exchange for a later date or get a complete refund from point of purchase. Mrs. Doubtfire opened on December 5 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, delayed 18 months by the government-mandated shut-down of Broadway. The New York Daily News called Mrs. Doubtfire, "the lovable, big-hearted musical comedy that Broadway needs." Rob McClure who heads the company in the title role was praised for a "star-making performance" by the Hollywood Reporter and the Chicago Tribune called director Jerry Zaks "a National Treasure," going on to say: "Long may he keep making us laugh!" Producer Kevin McCollum said, "The first few months of a brand new Broadway show are an extraordinarily delicate and important period of time. With the pervasiveness of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Mrs. Doubtfire would have to close permanently if the production didn't take drastic, pro-active measures." "Out of concern for the potential long-term employment of everyone who works on Mrs. Doubtfire, and the extended run of the show, we have decided that following the January 9 performance, the production will close for nine weeks, returning on March 15." "Mrs. Doubtfire has been in development for six years. We are doing everything in our power to keep the virus from prematurely ending our run on Broadway. By taking this break we can afford to launch an extended run starting in March." "Finally, I would like to express my profound and unending admiration for our extraordinary cast, crew, orchestra, creative team, and entire company. They have risen to every challenge thrown at them over the last two years with a remarkable amount of resilience, good humor, grit, and love for one another. They embody the indomitable spirit of Broadway. I cannot wait for audiences to continue to enjoy what they have created in March!" Helmed by four time-Tony Award winning director Jerry Zaks (Hello, Dolly!), the new musical comedy features a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell and music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick, the Tony Award nominated team behind Something Rotten! The creative is rounded out by choreographer Lorin Latarro (Waitress); Music Supervisor, Arranger and Orchestrator Ethan Popp (Tina); Scenic Designer David Korins (Hamilton ); Costume Designer Catherine Zuber (Moulin Rouge! The Musical); Lighting Designer, Philip S. Rosenberg (Pretty Woman); Sound Designer Brian Ronan (Mean Girls) ; Hair & Wig Designer David Brian Brown (Moulin Rouge! The Musical); and Make-up Designer Tommy Kurzman (All My Sons). Daniel Hillard, a struggling, out-of-work actor, will do anything for his kids. After losing custody in a messy divorce, he creates the kindly alter ego of Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire in a desperate attempt to stay in their lives. As his new character takes on a life of its own, Mrs. Doubtfire teaches Daniel more than he bargained for about how to be a father. A hysterical and heartfelt story about holding onto your loved ones against all odds, Mrs. Doubtfire is the musical comedy we need right now - one that proves we're better together. Prior to Broadway, Mrs. Doubtfire had a spectacular run at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre in 2019. Extended by popular demand, the Seattle engagement shattered the record for the bestselling new musical in the history of The 5th Avenue Theatre, selling over $4.7M worth of tickets and playing to more than 75,000 people in just 42 performances. Mrs. Doubtfire is presented by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical. Though it is being performed at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, Mrs. Doubtfire is not a Roundabout Theatre Company production. Mrs. Doubtfire will follow New York State, City and CDC guidelines to ensure the safety of all actors, production staff, theatre employees, and audience members who enter the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. This may include, but will not be limited to, the following COVID-19 Safety Measures: wearing a properly fitted mask at all times while on the premises, temperature checks prior to entering theatre, certifying whether you have been exposed to COVID-19 prior to entering the theatre, social distancing when reasonable, and contact tracing. The ventilation system in the Stephen Sondheim Theatre auditorium is equipped with MERV 15 filtration, and, in addition to rigorous cleaning and sanitation, Roundabout Theatre Company will continue to implement applicable health and safety protocols based on government and industry guidance. # # # www.DoubtfireBroadway.com |
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| re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 | |
| Posted by: tedlefdes 12:44 pm EST 01/03/22 | |
| In reply to: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 - Official_Press_Release 07:31 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
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| Tony voters had just received an invitation on Thursday, 12/30 for performances through February 27. | |
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| re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 | |
| Posted by: larry13 01:35 pm EST 01/03/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 - tedlefdes 12:44 pm EST 01/03/22 | |
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| The way things are going, the Tonys better be postponed either indefinitely or certainly at least way past the spring. | |
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| Anybody feel that this is just stalling and the show will never re-open on Broadway? | |
| Posted by: StageManager 08:09 am EST 01/03/22 | |
| In reply to: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 - Official_Press_Release 07:31 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
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| N/M | |
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| re: My thought exactly. | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 05:23 pm EST 01/03/22 | |
| In reply to: Anybody feel that this is just stalling and the show will never re-open on Broadway? - StageManager 08:09 am EST 01/03/22 | |
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| Decades ago, non-hit shows used to take these "hiatuses" during the summer months, which were then the slow time on Broadway, with the announcement that they would re-open in the fall. The "re-opening in the fall" almost never happened. In the minority of times when it did happen, the return would only be for a week or two. To answer a question from a poster below, I guess the advantage of "stalling" the closing announcement is that you get to wait a while to see if the advance sale picks up. But does that ever happen, while a show is on "hiatus"? | |
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| EVERY show is figuring out how to stall. mmi | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 09:00 am EST 01/03/22 | |
| In reply to: Anybody feel that this is just stalling and the show will never re-open on Broadway? - StageManager 08:09 am EST 01/03/22 | |
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| It's not stalling. It's wishful thinking. | |
| Posted by: NoPeopleLike 08:42 am EST 01/03/22 | |
| In reply to: Anybody feel that this is just stalling and the show will never re-open on Broadway? - StageManager 08:09 am EST 01/03/22 | |
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| N/M | |
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| re: Anybody feel that this is just stalling and the show will never re-open on Broadway? | |
| Posted by: writerkev 08:26 am EST 01/03/22 | |
| In reply to: Anybody feel that this is just stalling and the show will never re-open on Broadway? - StageManager 08:09 am EST 01/03/22 | |
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| What would be the value in stalling? | |
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| re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 11:32 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
| In reply to: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 - Official_Press_Release 07:31 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
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| Is haitus ("hate us") an anagram of hiatus? | |
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| Thank you Chromolume | |
| Posted by: Bway802er 11:53 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus - Chromolume 11:32 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
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| for my biggest laugh of the year | |
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| re: Thank you Chromolume | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 04:21 am EST 01/03/22 | |
| In reply to: Thank you Chromolume - Bway802er 11:53 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
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| Hahahahaha! The year is young! | |
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| re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 | |
| Posted by: FinalPerformance 08:31 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
| In reply to: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 - Official_Press_Release 07:31 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
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| Hope all works out for the cast and crew. I'll be there in March to welcome them back. | |
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| re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 08:33 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 - FinalPerformance 08:31 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
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| I wonder if they’ll be paid anything during hiatus. | |
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| re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 09:38 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 - KingSpeed 08:33 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
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| Of course not. Cast and crew were asked to put their health at risk to work through Omicron for the past two weeks, now they're all being fired with the promise if being re-hired when the show reopens... which I'm gonna put those odds at even. | |
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| "Fired?" | |
| Posted by: reed23 12:58 am EST 01/03/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 - Singapore/Fling 09:38 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
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| When a show closes, I don't think of its employees as being "fired," and likewise when a show closes down with intention to reopen. "Kevin McCollum, a veteran Broadway producer whose previous credits include “Rent” and “Avenue Q,” said he would close the musical comedy beginning Jan. 10, with a plan to reopen on March 14. The move will cost 115 people their jobs for that period; McCollum said he is committed to rehiring those who want to return. “My job is to protect the jobs long-term of those who are working on ‘Mrs. Doubtfire,’ and this is the best way I can do that today,” he said in an interview. “I can’t just sit idly by when there’s a solution, albeit unprecedented and painful. I can’t guarantee anything, but at this moment this is the most prudent thing I can do with the tools I have.” |
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| Link | New York Times on the "Mrs. Doubtfire" hiatus |
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| How does this affect Equity medical insurance? | |
| Posted by: aleck 08:40 am EST 01/03/22 | |
| In reply to: "Fired?" - reed23 12:58 am EST 01/03/22 | |
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| Don't you have to have a certain number of work-weeks to be eligible? And to get unemployment, don't you have to have worked a certain number of weeks -- like six months in the previous year -- to be eligible for unemployment? | |
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| re: How does this affect Equity medical insurance? | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 12:40 pm EST 01/03/22 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 12:37 pm EST 01/03/22 | |
| In reply to: How does this affect Equity medical insurance? - aleck 08:40 am EST 01/03/22 | |
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| If there's a problem with their union insurance, hopefully there's a way for them to get Medicaid, which actually offers some good insurance including dental coverage, or otherwise low-cost insurance from Obamacare if they meet income requirements, which might take into consideration a drop in monthly income from unemployment. Check out the Actors Fund website which gives like weekly on-line now seminars on health insurance. | |
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| re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 | |
| Posted by: Jackson 08:36 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 - KingSpeed 08:33 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
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| I read that they will not get paid. However, if they want to return to the show when it reopens in March, they will be re-hired. J |
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| re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 | |
| Posted by: pookndale 05:59 pm EST 01/03/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Mrs. Doubtfire Takes a Haitus on Broadway from January 10 - March 14 - Jackson 08:36 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
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| CDC and NIH expect an increase in covid nationwide over the next 3 weeks because of holiday travel, which they chose not to condemn. Even if theaters switched to requiring N95's for all cast and audience, and proof of vaccination and current booster on entry, and (like air travel in Europe) a negative covid test within 24 hours of entry - do they expect all this to be in place on March 15? Current game plan spreads the virus among cast and crew and audience. It seems like the idea is to infect the entire cast and crew, in the hope that no one will get sick again until the virus mutates again. All 4 people in my office wear N95's and have current boosters, and all of us came down with covid. What could possibly go wrong? | |
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