The Broadway musicals Ain't Too Proud and Mrs. Doubtfire were forced to cancel their performances Tuesday due to breakthrough Covid-19 cases in their companies.
The audience applauds during a performance of "Chicago" on Broadway in New York.
The images are from the same company.
Ain't Too Proud, a musical based on the singing group The Temptations, canceled Tuesday's performance due to a breakthrough Covid-19 case.
The Mrs. Doubtfire musical was forced to cancel shows on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's improvised hip hop show, called "Freestyle Love Supreme," canceled performances on Saturday and Monday due to multiple breakthrough cases before they were restored on Tuesday night.
The musical Chicago was temporarily shut down for several days in late November before it was reopened on December 7.
Chicken and Biscuits closed early in November due to losses suffered when performances were paused for over a week due to breakthrough cases, and Aladdin was the first show to cancel performances due to Covid-19 in September.
The off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors was canceled over the weekend due to Covid-19 cases.
2,317. The average number of confirmed daily Covid-19 cases in New York City over the past seven days is. The New York and New Jersey region has the highest percentage of cases linked to the new omicron coronaviruses.
Broadway shows reopened in August of 2020 after being shut down in March of 2020 due to continued fears about Covid-19 transmission. Broadway shows have put in place extensive Covid-19 protocols for both workers and audiences, including requiring Covid-19 vaccinations, a mask mandate for audience members and regular testing for performers and crew members. According to the Broadway League, more than two million audience members have now attended a Broadway show since they reopened, and attendance figures for last week indicate theaters have been approximately 83% full on average.
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