declining and more people vaccinated, the stage is set for the Great White Way's long-awaited comeback.announced Wednesday that Broadway shows will restart on Sept. 14, nearly a year and a half after the industry was shut down due to coronavirus concerns.
"Restarting Broadway is a complex endeavor, requiring long lead times for productions, the need to reconnect with a sustaining audience from across the country and around the world," she said in a statement.Guests arrive for a NY PopsUp event at the Broadway Theatre on April 10, 2021 in New York City. The festival featured a series of live, pop-up performances to transition New York City back to live events after the complete shutdown due to the pandemic.
Before the pandemic, almost 250,000 people were seeing a Broadway show every week, the governor's office said. "We look forward to continuing our conversations with the Broadway League about a safe reopening and know that soon the time will come when members can go back to doing what they do best, creating world-class theatre," she said in a statement.A woman walks her dog down a New York street near Times Square with closed theaters including the Richard Rodgers Theatre, Jan. 15, 2021, in New York City.
And all the theaters are all being renovated for better ventilation, right?
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