Phase 3- Broadway Reopens?

[BWAY Baby2]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 3:24pm

I live in Atlanta- so I am not super aware of the phases of opening in NY. I see that Phase 2 begins on Monday- Phase 3 is the last phase in the reopening process- which, I guess, includes reopening BWAY. It is still June- anyone think BWAY might reopen before Spring- and I am hoping for my April, 2021 Music Man tickets- and I will buy more shows if BWAY is running- is gonna happen. No one knows the future- but with Phase 2 starting Monday- I am getting ready for the next and final phase. 

[Heather4]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 3:43pm

New York, similar to other states, has a four stage reopening process.  Movie theatres, entertainment venues, etc will be in phase 4.  Currently, no area in New York is ready for phase 4, and a few areas are in phase 3.  Even if Broadway would be cleared to open, that doesn't mean that they will. The producers, Actor's Equity, Broadway League and theatre owners won't unless it is safe for the cast, crew, and audience members.

I understand wanting Broadway to reopen, truly I do.  However it is not going to be a quick process, nor is there any guarantee that any of the upcoming shows (including Music Man) are going to open after the closure.  Those in New York have worked hard to decrease and flatten the curve, and as a whole country we are just getting through what appears to be the first of two waves.  There is a long way to go before theatre will be open, and no guarantee Spring 2021 will be the date. When Broadway does reopen it will take weeks of preparation with the need to redo the tech, sound, update costume fittings, potential re-castings, set building and tear down etc. Personally January 2021 is the absolute earliest they will begin reopening and I don't really see it opening prior to that.  

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 3:46pm

Best case scenario, NYC will enter phase 4 in late July. Even if that’s the case, Broadway still won’t reopen until next year.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 4:17pm

Jordan is correct. Understand, though, that Phase 4 is still a phase and though in broad terms is expected to include added places of assembly the specifics have never been articulated and in any case it does not mean that social distancing and masks will not still be ongoing. Also note that the unions have to be satisfied before anyone goes back to work (and if you need a cautionary tale, you need look no further than what has happened in the last 24 hours with baseball, 7 players on 3 teams testing positive and all facilities across the sport closed down until further notice). Bottom line: no one has a clue when Broadway will reopen except that it will not be in 2020. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 4:40pm

and a few areas are in phase 3.

A few is not 7 regions. I suggest doing research instead of asking others to do it for you. Thanks.

Capital Region
Central New York
Finger Lakes
Mohawk Valley
North Country
Southern Tier
Western New York

All in Phase 3 and are planning on Phase 4 next Friday. They are ready. 

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 4:44pm

Sutton Ross said: "and a few areas are in phase 3.

A few is not 7regions. I suggest doing research instead of asking others to do it for you. Thanks.

Capital Region
Central New York
Finger Lakes
Mohawk Valley
North Country
Southern Tier
Western New York

All in Phase 3 and are planning on Phase 4 next Friday. They are ready."

Did anyone ask you to research and list the counties? I must have missed that request. And WNY is not Phase 4 next Friday, it is the beginning of the following week if all goes well.

Updated On: 6/20/20 at 04:44 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 4:48pm

The ignorance in the first two posts could be avoided with a simple search. And no, you are incorrect regarding WNY.

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 4:53pm

Sutton Ross said: "The ignorance in the first two posts could be avoided with a simple search. And no, you are incorrect regarding WNY."

No, I'm not. I live in WNY and we entered Phase 3 this past Monday. That means the earliest we could enter Phase 4 is Mon 6/29. The ignorance of your post could be avoided with a simple search: 

https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/what-could-phase-4-of-reopening-look-like-in-western-new-york/71-73417768-4a0d-406b-93d6-83c35884d56a

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 5:20pm

My mistake, I meant the Finger Lakes region which will open with Phase 4 Friday June 26th. Thanks. 

[TheSassySam]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 6:17pm

Why so catty? Unnecessary, they asked a question about Broadway reopening on a Broadway board.

 

Users like you are why these boards no longer thrive as they once did.  

[HogansHero]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 6:35pm

The important point here is being obscured by extraneous and irrelevant discussion. What's happening elsewhere has nothing to do with what is going to happen in NYC. Also, let's remember that everything is fluid and a work in progress in any event. Phase 4 can mean different things over time (just as some things evolved in Phase 1 and even Phase 0). There is no reason to think that Phase 4 will be a license to take off our masks or jettison social distancing. The virus is still out there. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 6:47pm

Also, people keep forgetting that even in a phase 4, NYC will have to keep itself safe from the "outside world" because when tourists flood our streets from places that are hot spots, that can take us back to how we were two months ago. So things like theaters, sporting events, anything involving large crowds that would draw hoards of people just won't be happening, even if our numbers here were at zero.

[mailhandler777]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 8:04pm

Here in PA we have 3 phases and in the final phase is no gatherings over 250 people are allowed so no clue what will happen with the theatres and live theatre in general. I know that Fulton Opera House in Lancaster PA is closed until next May and they go into phase 3 next Friday.

[joevitus]

Posted: 6/20/20 at 8:25pm

The real goal that has to be reached for Broadway isn't, as others have explained well, what phase NYC is in, but when the various unions all okay a return. And, even when that bridge is crossed, the time it will take to get shows up based on a myriad of casting/employment issues and technical  specs that must  be taken care of first. 

I agree we're looking at Spring 2021 at the earliest. I think summer of that year might be closer to the mark.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/26/20 at 12:23am

Broadway will not re-open until a vaccine is readily available.

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 6/26/20 at 1:36am

going to the theatre isnt allowed, but going to church is fine.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 6/26/20 at 5:51am

Dollypop said: "Broadway will not re-open until a vaccine is readily available."

Or there is a viable, acceptable treatment. 

[Tom5]

Posted: 6/26/20 at 9:49am

Theaters are super spreader environments. No one wants to contract coronavirus regardless of treatment options later. (Hospitals first? ICUs?) There are very good treatments for leprosy. A vaccine only or wait it out. 

[Kad]

Posted: 6/26/20 at 10:03am

There seems to be a misconception over what Phase 4 is. It was never “return to pre-pandemic life,” even when it was announced and the understanding of the virus was less clear.

[Broadway61004]

Posted: 6/26/20 at 10:40am

Broadway and off-Broadway will not open in phase 4, but it will be interesting to see if some of the smaller off-off-Broadway theatres (some of which have less than 50 person capacity) start trying to reopen.  Most of them are entirely non-union so don't have to worry about them.  That will sort of be the first test of can theatre function post-covid.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 6/26/20 at 12:39pm

Broadway61004 said: "Broadway and off-Broadway will not open in phase 4, but it will be interesting to see if some of the smaller off-off-Broadway theatres (some of which have less than 50 person capacity) start trying to reopen. Most of them are entirely non-union so don't have to worry about them. That will sort of be the first test of can theatre function post-covid."

I agree the first thing we will see is some off-off venues opening--the ones that can figure out how to do it within the parameters of the state's restrictions. The union issue will not be all that significant, not because "most of them are entirely non-union" [that's totally incorrect] but because the state is not going to allow any of them to reopen without safety in place.