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| Question, re: Covid cancellations | |
| Last Edit: ShowGoer 02:37 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
| Posted by: ShowGoer 02:35 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
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| With “Plays for the Plague Year” at the Public, “Becky Nurse of Salem” at Lincoln Center Theater, and “Downstate” at Playwrights Horizons all reportedly or definitively now on hiatus - and with “A Delicate Balance” at Transport apparently closing early - all due to Covid… is there any website or outlet once again keeping track of cancellations and suspensions in real time? On the one hand I’m not seeing overall signs of another overall surge… but on the other hand that’s too many things (and all relatively small plays!) to be canceled, shut down or put on pause just in the past week for it to be all a coincidence. So not trying to be an alarmist here, since obviously I hope we’re not in for a repeat of the big holiday weeks from a year ago; but that said, at the time there were several websites including Playbill, maybe even the New York Times, and BroadwayWorld, that were keeping track of the constant changes, and on through the rest of the winter. Considering people below are already asking for updates from the rumor mill about show cancellations because some theaters haven’t announced anything, I feel like it’s not too early for one of those outlets to start doing the same thing again this year - not as a sort of doomsday clock, but simply as a public service: the crowd at the Mitzi Newhouse last night at 7:30PM was very understanding, but also understandably not happy, about a show that had been canceled less than an hour earlier… and if the same thing is happening at Playwrights and elsewhere it seems like it should be reported on so that people can plan accordingly. (The Public at least was completely transparent about shutting down the new Suzan-Lori Parks show for a week and pushing back their opening… but people shouldn’t have to find out that a show at the Transport closed early from a post on a theater chat board referencing another post on Facebook.) |
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| This is probably a naive thing to say | |
| Posted by: dramedy 03:47 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
| In reply to: Question, re: Covid cancellations - ShowGoer 02:35 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
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| But shouldn’t producers be hiring extra understudies this time around? I know it is an extra expensive but probably less than closing a show for a few days. | |
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| re: This is probably a naive thing to say | |
| Posted by: ShowGoer 04:50 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
| In reply to: This is probably a naive thing to say - dramedy 03:47 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
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| My understanding is that most Broadway shows have; not sure if that applies to off-Broadway (which can ill afford those extra costs regardless). But in any case it probably needs to be said that these are mostly all new plays, still in previews or, in the case of Downstate, having just opened the other day – so in all those cases, even if there was TRIPLE coverage for understudies as I think there was for something like The Lehman Trilogy, they presumably wouldn’t have had time to be rehearsed yet (I can’t speak for what happened with the revival of A Delicate Balance). |
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| Nctc in sf cancelled the performance tonight and tomorrow | |
| Posted by: dramedy 08:10 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
| In reply to: re: This is probably a naive thing to say - ShowGoer 04:50 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
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| Because one of the actors was injured. So clearly this local theater doesn’t have understudies. | |
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| re: Mezzanine at the Broadhurst Thursday night | |
| Posted by: Dale 04:01 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
| In reply to: This is probably a naive thing to say - dramedy 03:47 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
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| Only ones masked up there were the guy selling drinks, two usherettes ( Janice and Debbe with the treble clef earrings ) and me! The only one not masked at "Becky Nurse Of Salem" was that wax statute! I've all my shots but not taking chances and just SO grateful to be out & about! |
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| Playwright’s Horizon | |
| Posted by: winters 04:38 am EST 11/20/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Mezzanine at the Broadhurst Thursday night - Dale 04:01 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
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| Does anyone know if Downstate played Saturday evening? My matinee was cancelled so I looked at their website to see if other performances were cancelled. Everything is available. At the top of the ticket purchase page, highlighted in yellow is a noted mask requirement. I don’t think that the notice was there yesterday, although I could have missed it. |
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| re: Playwright’s Horizon | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 08:10 am EST 11/20/22 | |
| In reply to: Playwright’s Horizon - winters 04:38 am EST 11/20/22 | |
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| It must have been. I saw the play in previews and the requirement was made explicit both on TDF's page and at the box office. | |
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| re: Mezzanine at the Broadhurst Thursday night | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 04:02 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Mezzanine at the Broadhurst Thursday night - Dale 04:01 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
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| We've been basically the only masked people at two shoes this week (Almost Famous and Kimberly Akimbo). Obviously it isn't foolproof, but I'd much rather wear a mask than even get a cold this time of year. | |
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