Broadway theatres sound alarm as closure extended to May 2021

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NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Broadway theatres on Friday (Oct 9) extended a coronavirus shutdown until the end of May 2021, bringing the closure of one of New York City's biggest tourist attractions to more than a year and forcing a revival of musical The Music Man into 2022.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NEW YORK - Broadway theatres on Friday extended a coronavirus shutdown until the end of May 2021, bringing the closure of one of New York City's biggest tourist attractions to more than a year and forcing a revival of musical The Music Man into 2022.

Producers of The Music Man, who had hoped to stage the revival in May 2021 with Hugh Jackman, said on Friday they had pushed back the opening date of the show until February 2022. "My heart breaks for everyone who works on Broadway or depends on it to make their living," Mary McColl, executive director for the union, said in a statement.Thirty-one shows were playing on Broadway when the shutdown began.Last month, the Metropolitan Opera in New York said it had cancelled its entire 2020-21 season and would remain closed until September 2021.

 

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