There are at least two Broadway shows that have canceled performances this week due to Covid-19 cases within the cast, and others that are playing with understudies in major roles.
The Broadway audience members were in New York City.
The musical A Strange Loop was canceled Tuesday night because of a limited number of Covid-19 cases in the company.
Daniel Craig tested positive for the coronaviruses on Saturday, which caused the revival of Macbeth to be canceled through April 9.
Matthew Broderick tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday and will not appear in his play Plaza Suite, but the show is going on with his understudy.
Due to Covid-19 cases in the company, the revival of the musical Company has been playing with understudies in lead roles.
The New York Times reports that the opening night performance of Suffs at the Public Theater was canceled after the creator and star tested positive for coronaviruses.
$28.6 million. According to the Broadway League, the combined gross of all Broadway shows last week was over two hundred thousand dollars. Individual shows made between $200,000 and $1 million can show how much money can be lost if a performance is canceled.
New York City's cases have increased. According to the city's health department, the average number of daily Covid-19 cases is up from the previous month. As of last week, the CDC estimates that approximately 84% of Covid-19 cases in the New York region were linked to the BA.2 subvariant, which is believed to be even more transmissible than the already highly infectious original omicron strain.
Broadway shows were shut down for over a year before they reopened in August and September of 2021, and the holiday season is one of Broadway's busiest and most lucrative times. The busiest time of the theater season is in April and May, when a lot of shows open in quick succession before the deadline for being eligible for the Tony Awards. Over a dozen shows are slated to open on Broadway over the next few weeks, so any Covid-19 outbreak could complicate.
Broadway shows still require audiences to wear masks and show proof of Covid-19 vaccine to enter, even though other NYC businesses have eliminated those requirements. The protocols have been extended by the Broadway League.
When the omicron variant surged over the winter, Broadway shows had to use creative strategies to deal with cast illnesses. An actress who last performed the role seven years ago was called in to play Young Nala when the girls who usually play her got sick in the musical Wicked. She was working as a software engineer.
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