MTA, Broadway Stars Unite To Welcome Back Theatergoers
The MTA is also offering discounts to shows for riders who purchase tickets online.
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The MTA is also offering discounts to shows for riders who purchase tickets online.
Masks are still required inside all 41 Broadway theaters, and children under the age of 12 should be fully vaccinated or have a negative COVID test.
"The Book of Mormon" won nine Tony Awards in 2011, including Best Musical.
Both posted their reaction to the casting news on social media. Grande sent flowers to Erivo saying, "See you in Oz."
Cast members from several musicals will sing at the Shops at Columbus Circle and the Shops at Hudson Yards.
Both shows are alternating performance dates at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre and will now run through Nov. 28.
The unmistakable sound of the organ signaled "the Phantom of the Opera is there," and the chandelier rose again before a crowd of masked theatergoers.
Broadway continued its comeback Thursday as two musicals reopened.
The show keeps audiences on the edge of their seats and performers on their toes.
Living legend Otis Williams, an original Temptation, was part of Saturday's reopening celebrations.
"Girl from the North Country" is on stage at the Belasco Theatre on 44th Street.
"Thoughts of a Colored Man" is the first play on Broadway written, directed, produced by and starring Black artists.
"Aladdin" ticketholders were turned away at the door on Oct. 1, after the show was canceled just hours before curtain time.
Tony winner Adrienne Warren is back bringing the house down as the Queen of Rock.
Luke Stevens didn't want to miss his chance to spend time with the "Hamilton" creator.
It's another big week for Broadway as the curtain goes up on three more shows.
This comes after its Wednesday night performance was canceled due to breakthrough COVID cases within the company.
The vaccine requirement also goes for all performers, crew and theater staff for all performances.
Lead producer Brian Moreland says longstanding issues of inequality and racism in the theater community must be fixed.
The breakthrough cases were discovered just a day after "Aladdin" ended its nearly two-year shutdown due to the pandemic.
The company says it will refund the customers' money to the show, but they are not clear when it will be up and running again.
The musical, based on the Oscar-winning animated movie, first opened on Broadway in 2014.
Stars hit the red carpet ahead of the 74th Annual Tony Awards at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City on Sept. 26, 2021.
Broadway's long delayed big night finally arrived.
This season's nominations were pulled from just 18 eligible plays and musicals from the 2019-2020 season, a fraction of the 34 shows the previous season.
