Locals to sustain so many new broadway shows. lee seymour is broadway writer and producer, here s his take on the ticket boom. i always make in my coverage, which is that broadway is an ecosystem, it is not a monolith, it is al theatres and each theatre has its own independent companies, its own start up basically. so they all have their own protocols. you have a show like wicked and lion king, which is a billion global property setting up shop next to a three person play that has never been performed outside new york. those are both broadway shows but they are very different. up until this past weekend, they had been an industrywide mandate for showing proof of your covid vaccine at the door. that has now been dropped and it is sort of up to individual shows whether they want to keep that going or not. there continues to be an indoor masking mandate, so regardless
Their own protocols. you have a show like wicked and lion king, which is a billion global property setting up shop next to a three person play that has never been performed outside new york. those are both broadway shows but they are very different. up until this past weekend, they had been an industrywide mandate for showing proof of your covid vaccine at the door. that has now been dropped and it is sort of up to individual shows whether they want to keep that going or not. there continues to be an indoor masking mandate, so regardless of vaccination status can go into a broadway theatre you wear a mask. of them already, it is fantastic, it is live theatre, it really is back in that way. but can they all survive? can they coexist? i mean, that is a huge number to be throwing out there. yeah, that is the tough bit. the short answer is no no, they can t, and the longer answer is that there never
Are, there any restrictions? there are. yes- there any restrictions? there are. yes- so there any restrictions? there are, yes. so this there any restrictions? there are, yes. so this sort - there any restrictions? there are, yes. so this sort of - there any restrictions? there are, yes. so this sort of ties| are, yes. so this sort of ties into a larger point that i always make in my coverage, which is that broadway is an ecosystem, it is not a monolith, it is 41 theatres and each theatre has its own independent companies, its own start up basically. so they all have their own protocols. you have their own protocols. you have a show like wicked and lion king, which is a billion global property setting up shop next to a three person play that has never been performed outside new york. those are both broadway shows but they are very different. up until this past weekend, they had been an industrywide mandate for showing proof of your covid vaccine at the door. that has now been dro