Broadway reopens at the end of the summer and "Hamilton" returns to the scene with the cast and crew fully vaccinated: this is the order from producer Jeffrey Seller to the staff of Manuel-Lin Miranda's popular rap musical before the lights go back on September 14 of the limelight.
Four other shows have announced the resumption of the shows after Governor Andrew Cuomo gave the green light on May 5: they are "Lion King", "Wicked" and "The Phantom of the Opera", but only "Hamilton" has made the request explicit. that all staff on stage and behind the scenes have received the vaccine. An essential precaution: the Broadway workers work closely at the elbow while the actors and dancers are particularly exposed to the infection because they do not wear the mask while singing, dancing, kissing or wrestling.
Seller's plan has come as many American colleges, starting with Harvard, have decided that students must be vaccinated if they want to attend on campus for the next semester and the same attitude is being studied in many private companies. It is not clear, however, what will be required of the spectators: Cuomo has authorized the theaters to reopen at full capacity and the masks, in the absence of social distancing measures, will probably be a must for the whole show, even if yesterday's announcement of the CDC for fully vaccinated people could change that.
"Hamilton", "Lion King" and "Wicked 'have synchronized their reopening by staggering the start of the shows by half an hour each to allow authorities and the press to pass from one theater to another. For Broadway, the return of the lights of the limelight is an epoch-making moment after the long months of the Covid lockdown and producers are expecting an enthusiastic response from the public, at least judging by ticket prices which have returned to pre-pandemic levels. In all, nine shows will reopen in September, while another ten are in the pipeline for the autumn. The first to reopen are proven productions that are confident of attracting enough customers to fill the theaters, even if international tourism is unlikely to return to pre-Covid levels by that date. "Lion King "," Wicked "," Hamilton and "Phantom of the Opera" will reprise the shows "Six", "American Utopia" by David Byrne, "Come From Away", "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" and more Disney production, "Aladdin". (HANDLE).