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Theaters – Broadway theaters in New York will remain closed until 2021 – Culture

June 29, 2020, 6:59 p.m.

Theater:Broadway theaters in New York will remain closed until 2021

Closed: the Minskoff Theater, where the musical “The Lion King” is running. Photo: John Lamparski / SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire / dpa (Photo: dpa)

Directly from the dpa news channel

New York (AP) – In the most famous theater district in the world, the lights are off due to the corona virus this year: On New York’s Broadway, all performances for the rest of the year were canceled on Monday.

Tickets already purchased by January 2nd would be refunded or exchanged, the industry association “The Broadway League” announced. Because of the pandemic, all performances were canceled from March 12th.

Broadway with its around 40 plays and musicals is one of the most important tourist attractions in the metropolis. In 2019, 14.7 million tickets were sold for a total of just under $ 1.8 billion. This corresponds to roughly one and a half times the ticket sales in all German cinemas.

The famous Carnegie Hall concert hall had previously announced that there would be no performances until the beginning of January 2021.

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