Mask and vaccine required.
On Broadway, spectators will be required to show full proof of vaccination when entering theaters.
The announcement was made by the Broadway League, the association bringing together theater directors on the famous New York thoroughfare.
This rule will apply at least until the end of October.
"Get vaccinated, and we'll meet again this fall,"
tweeted Broadway and American television star Jeremy Jordan.
"That is true.
Here we are, ”
said composer Jason Robert Brown.
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Among the few profiles exempt from compulsory vaccination are children under 12 - who are not yet eligible in the United States -, and people whose state of health or religious beliefs do not allow vaccination. These people will have to present a negative PCR test to access the show. Masks will be compulsory, except when spectators are eating in places provided for this purpose.
Theater directors plan to review these measures in September, according to the Broadway League, and expect an easing if sanitary conditions allow after October.
“This is what we collegially decided on Broadway, and we will re-evaluate that in October.
Everything is still very fluid
, specifies to the AP Bonnie Comley, director of The Drama League.
It sounds like a good thing to me.
All the different unions that make up the League, who are far from always agreeing, have come together to find common ground even before the spectators return to the theater. "
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The announcement comes after the Actors' Equity Association, the union that represents around 52,000 actors and directors, said it would require the entire cast and technicians to be fully immunized. On Broadway, members of the troops who are not vaccinated - including actors under the age of 12 - must continue to wear masks, practice social distancing when possible, and get tested at least twice a week. .
For now, Bruce Springsteen's concert is the only one to take place on Broadway. Most of the other theaters will open in September or October, after having been closed since March 2020. In many New York cultural institutions, this reopening is subject to conditions. For example, the prestigious Metropolitan Opera in New York announced on Tuesday that it would ask the public and all its technical and musical teams to be vaccinated for the start of the next season, scheduled for September. “
The Met will be a fully vaccinated home. The public will have to show proof of complete vaccination, approved by the FDA (United States Medicines Agency) or WHO (World Health Organization) in order to enter the building
”,writes the Met Opera in an email sent to its members.
