NEW YORK – “Hadestown”, The haunting musical about the underworld, set its Broadway reopening date for September 2, ahead of big hits like“Hamilton” Y “Wicked ”To position itself as the first show to welcome audiences on Broadway since the pandemic.
Producers announced Monday that tickets will go on sale June 11 for the eight Tony Award-winning musical and that production will resume its run at the Walter Kerr Theatre weeks before their rivals. The first Broadway show to welcome a live audience is likely to receive a lot of attention.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had said Broadway theaters could reopen on September 14, but producers “can make their own financial decision on when they will reopen.” They will also be allowed to decide their own entry requirements, such as whether people must show that they have been vaccinated to attend a show.
Shortly after, “Hamilton“, “Wicked” Y “The Lion King“They announced that they would restart their shows on September 14. Others followed, marking more spots in the fall and winter, including”Six” Y “American Utopia“by David Byrne for September 17 and”Dear Evan Hansen” in December. Some off-Broadway shows have already rebooted with physical distancing guidelines.
The reopening Broadway will look different. Disney’s Big Budget Musical “Frozen“Decided not to reopen when Broadway theaters rebooted and the producers of the musical”Mean GirlsThey also decided not to return.
But there will be new shows, including “Pass Over“by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu, which is scheduled to reopen the August Wilson Theater, the same venue as”Mean Girls“He has left free. And a Shubert theater has been promised for the play by the playwright Keenan Scott II”Thoughts of a Colored Man“.
All theaters in the city abruptly closed on March 12, 2020, eliminating all shows, including 16 that were still scheduled to open.
Some shows scheduled for spring 2020, like a musical about Michael Jackson and a rerun of “Plaza Suite“Neil Simon, starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, brought their productions to 2021. But others abandoned their plans, such as”Hangmen“and a replacement of”Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?“By Edward Albee
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