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        <title><![CDATA[Broadway closure extended at least through Labor Day]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Broadway stages will remain dark at least through Labor Day.</p><p>The additional three-month closure announced by the Broadway League on Tuesday is the longest extension yet for Broadway&#8217;s 41 houses in response to the <strong>coronavirus</strong>.</p><p>Broadway was initially <strong>closed on March 12</strong>, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo <strong>banned gatherings</strong> of more than 500 people, with plans to open a month later. That date was <strong>pushed until June 7</strong> in early April, although <strong>many have suspected</strong> since March that the closure would last until the summer. Now the show won&#8217;t go on again until Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the earliest. But there&#8217;s no telling if the date will be pushed again.</p><p>&#8220;While all Broadway shows would love to resume performances as soon as possible, we need to ensure the health and well-being of everyone who comes to the theater — behind the curtain and in front of it — before shows can return,&#8221; Broadway League president Charlotte St. Martin said Tuesday in a statement.</p><p>The new extension to New York&#8217;s theaters&#8217; closures follows <strong>an announcement</strong> by the Society of London Theatre last week that the UK city&#8217;s entertainment venues would remain shuttered through June 28.</p><p>Although some press reports have suggested that Gov. Cuomo snubbed Broadway by leaving the industry out of his New York Forward Re-Opening Advisory Board, the Broadway League president <strong>recently revealed</strong> that the industry is working closely with the state on how to restart.</p><p>Not all Broadway shows have been able to pause until it&#8217;s safe to reopen &#8212; Martin McDonagh&#8217;s &#8220;Hangmen&#8221; and a revival of Edward Albee&#8217;s &#8220;Who&#8217;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?&#8221; have both announced they will not come back with Broadway, the <strong>Hollywood Reporter writes</strong>. Some shows have announced they will wait until next season, even if others resume in September.</p><p>While they wait for theaters to safely reopen this summer, <strong>fans will at least have the &#8220;Hamilton&#8221; movie</strong>, starring the show&#8217;s original cast, which is now set to stream on Disney+ starting July 3. The film version of the hit musical wasn&#8217;t set to come out until fall 2021, but the release date was moved up more than a year in response to the pandemic.</p><p>&#8220;Today the Broadway League took a difficult but necessary action to put the safety of everyone from the audience to the actors and stage managers first,&#8221; Mary McColl, executive director of Actors’ Equity Association, said Tuesday in a statement, &#8220;Before our members can safely return to work, we will need new protocols that protect audiences and workers alike.&#8221;</p><p>The fate of this year&#8217;s Tony Awards remains unclear. Already postponed til June 7, <strong>some insiders say</strong> the awards show may be scrapped entirely.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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