What you should know
- At least a half dozen Broadway shows have had to cancel performances in recent days, all attributing the cancellations to groundbreaking COVID-19 cases among casts and teams.
- Under Broadway’s update to its vaccine policy, vaccinated children must be accompanied by an adult who is fully vaccinated, which means that their last injection in the vaccine series must be at least 14 days before the show.
- Mayor Bill de Blasio expanded the mandate of the vaccine on December 6 to not only include children ages 5 to 11, but as of December 27, all private sector workers will be required to receive the vaccine.
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NEW YORK – Several Broadway shows have been forced to cancel performances amid a sudden flurry of COVID-19 outbreaks from casts and crews, leaving viewers disappointed and industry professionals concerned. .
Here’s a list of shows that have had to cancel shows so far, starting with the most recent.
December 15
“Hamilton” – Wednesday night’s production of “Hamilton” was canceled minutes before the curtain was scheduled to raise, as the show tweeted after 7pm that the performance had been canceled.
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Legacy” – Earlier in the day, another massively popular production said that one of its performances had to be canceled as well, for the same reason. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Legacy” canceled its Wednesday morning performance, but the evening’s performance was scheduled to run as planned, the show said in a tweet.
“Tina” – The production of “Tina”, the musical about Tina Turner, said the afternoon and evening shows on December 15 would be canceled “due to the detection of a limited number of positive COVID test results within from the Broadway company. “A tweet was read. The show said performances would begin again on December 16.
