• For once, Broadway isn’t going to quickly bounce back

    For once, Broadway isn’t going to quickly bounce back

    As Broadway grapples with the Chinese virus crisis, producers have concluded that the Great White Way will not reopen in April, as they’d hoped. The best-case scenario right now is the summer, and that means many new shows aren’t going to survive. “This is worse than 9/11,” says a top producer. “We lost a few …
  • Fear coronavirus, NYC movie theaters close

    Fear coronavirus, NYC movie theaters close

    Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered New York City’s movie theaters to indefinitely shutter due to the coronavirus pandemic — but that didn’t stop one Park Slope cinema from sending an ongoing message to its patrons. “Be excellent to each other,” reads the eastern side of Nitehawk Cinema’s marquee. “See you on the other side,” …