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Disney’s beleaguered Broadway production of Aladdin is canceling performances yet again as additional breakthrough Covid cases were detected within the company today. All performances of the popular musical through Sunday, Oct. 10, are off.
The next planned performance is Tuesday, October 12 at 7 p.m., Disney Theatrical Productions said tonight.
In a statement, the company said, “Although negative Pcr testing allowed us to move safely forward with last night’s performance of Aladdin at The New Amsterdam Theatre, additional breakthrough Covid-19 cases were detected within the company today.”
The production had canceled its performance on Wednesday night just a day after returning from Broadway’s 18-month pandemic shutdown. Aladdin returned for last night’s show, with Disney saying no new cases had been detected after double-testing each of its many cast members.
In its statement tonight, Disney included a statement from Blythe Adamson, the epidemiologist working with Disney Theatrical Productions on its Broadway shows.
The next planned performance is Tuesday, October 12 at 7 p.m., Disney Theatrical Productions said tonight.
In a statement, the company said, “Although negative Pcr testing allowed us to move safely forward with last night’s performance of Aladdin at The New Amsterdam Theatre, additional breakthrough Covid-19 cases were detected within the company today.”
The production had canceled its performance on Wednesday night just a day after returning from Broadway’s 18-month pandemic shutdown. Aladdin returned for last night’s show, with Disney saying no new cases had been detected after double-testing each of its many cast members.
In its statement tonight, Disney included a statement from Blythe Adamson, the epidemiologist working with Disney Theatrical Productions on its Broadway shows.
- 10/1/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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The standing ovation was inevitable.
Not just because audiences getting to their feet and applauding has felt perfunctory and expected for decades. Pass Over is being lauded as the first play staged on Broadway since the coronavirus pandemic forced all live performances to stop in March 2020. And at the top of this performance during the official opening Sunday matinee at the August Wilson Theatre on August 22nd, the thousand or so people in attendance were greeted and welcomed and congratulated for being “one of the first audiences back to see a real Broadway play.
Not just because audiences getting to their feet and applauding has felt perfunctory and expected for decades. Pass Over is being lauded as the first play staged on Broadway since the coronavirus pandemic forced all live performances to stop in March 2020. And at the top of this performance during the official opening Sunday matinee at the August Wilson Theatre on August 22nd, the thousand or so people in attendance were greeted and welcomed and congratulated for being “one of the first audiences back to see a real Broadway play.
- 8/29/2021
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
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Though Broadway as an industry has yet to definitively rule on whether Covid vaccinations will be required of audience members this fall, a second production – Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Pass Over at the Jujamcyn-owned August Wilson Theatre – has announced that the policy will be enforced when the play begins previews next month.
With the announcement, Pass Over becomes the second Broadway production to require audience vaccinations, following the arrival in June of Springsteen on Broadway at the Jujamcyn-owned St. James Theatre. The two-show trend could suggest how Broadway, in general, will deal with the ongoing Covid situation when many more shows return in September.
The Pass Over production, which begins previews Aug. 4 and officially opens Sept. 12, indicated that producers will “revisit” the policy for possible revision in September “or sooner,” if necessary. The vaccination policy, for now, will be in effect for the month of August.
The policies...
With the announcement, Pass Over becomes the second Broadway production to require audience vaccinations, following the arrival in June of Springsteen on Broadway at the Jujamcyn-owned St. James Theatre. The two-show trend could suggest how Broadway, in general, will deal with the ongoing Covid situation when many more shows return in September.
The Pass Over production, which begins previews Aug. 4 and officially opens Sept. 12, indicated that producers will “revisit” the policy for possible revision in September “or sooner,” if necessary. The vaccination policy, for now, will be in effect for the month of August.
The policies...
- 7/16/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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