Several musicals have to pause due to corona infections

New York. Due to new corona cases, several musicals on New York’s Broadway are paused in the middle of the busiest time of the year. For example, the hit musical “Hamilton” is to be continued on December 27th, “Aladdin” will not have a performance again until December 26th and “Ain’t Too Proud” via the Temptations is extending its corona break that began on December 15th until at least December 26th.

All three productions reported on Twitter that there had been vaccination breakthroughs in the musicals team. The team behind “Jagged Little Pill” with songs by Canadian singer Alanis Morissette announced that they will not be returning from a break that began on December 17th and will cease production completely.

More than a dozen Broadway plays had to cancel performances due to Corona

More than a dozen of the around 40 musicals and plays shown on Broadway have had to cancel performances due to a strong corona wave caused by the Omikron variant. There should not be a complete closure, Charlotte St. Martin, president of the industry association Broadway League, told the “Hollywood Reporter” on Monday. Every production makes individual decisions. In general, masks and vaccinations have been mandatory since the theaters reopened.

The weeks around Christmas and New Year are usually particularly profitable on Broadway, and other special performances are often scheduled in addition to the regular eight performances per week. In 2019, tickets for $ 55 million were sold in the week leading up to December 29, according to Broadway League.

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