{"id":1122966,"date":"2021-12-15T19:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T00:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1122966"},"modified":"2021-12-15T19:59:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T00:59:23","slug":"covid-cancels-big-broadway-shows-tina-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-cancels-big-broadway-shows-tina-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Cancels Big Broadway Shows: &#039;Tina,&#039; &#039;Harry Potter and the Cursed Child&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcovid-cancels-big-broadway-shows-tina-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1122966&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">New York\u2019s theater district is once again cancelling Broadway\u2019s biggest shows over the coronavirus. The latest Broadway shows to shut down include <i>Tina, <i>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child<\/i>, <\/i>and<i> <i>Ain\u2019t Too Proud<\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 2020 all over again for many major Broadway\u2019s shows as a fear of breakthrough infections and the rise of the Omicron variant are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/broadway-covid-cancellations-tina-harry-163858021.html\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shutting down<\/a> a growing number of productions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The latest show to hit the cancel button join several that have already announced that they are shutting down. The stage treatment for <i>Mrs. Doubtfire<\/i> and <i>Freestyle Love Supreme<\/i> have also canceled a series of performances.<\/p>\n<p><i>Tina \u2013 The Tina Turner Musical<\/i>, for one, announced it was cancelling performances \u201cdue to a limited number of positive covid test results within the Broadway company.\u201d The production is targeting next week to reboot performances.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.260115606936\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Both performances of TINA \u2013 THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL are being canceled today (Wednesday, December 15) due to the detection of a limited number of positive covid test results within the Broadway company.<\/p>\n<p>Performances are scheduled to resume on Thursday, December 16. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bd8q4T3sFX\">pic.twitter.com\/Bd8q4T3sFX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TINA Broadway (@TinaBroadway) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TinaBroadway\/status\/1471142366383902720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.3538461538462\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Performances will resume with tomorrow&#8217;s matinee. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iEIO6Mkxqg\">pic.twitter.com\/iEIO6Mkxqg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ain&#8217;t Too Proud (@AintTooProud) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AintTooProud\/status\/1470862326106660870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2488687782805\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A message from the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child regarding today\u2019s matinee performance. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SYAdRGftti\">pic.twitter.com\/SYAdRGftti<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child NYC (@CursedChildNYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CursedChildNYC\/status\/1471147291923066883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Several of the productions told audiences that the cancellations are being made out of \u201can abundance of caution\u201d over recent positive tests of cast and crew members, not to mention the rising rate of coronavirus Omicron cases in New York City.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19148762\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP19249213054294-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19148762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP19249213054294-scaled.jpg\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>(Charles Sykes\/Invision\/AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the CDC, New York and New Jersey are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/coronavirus\/cdc-ny-nj-detecting-omicron-at-4x-the-us-rate-variant-rapidly-becoming-predominant-strain\/3449249\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracking<\/a> infections of Omicron at a rate four times higher than the U.S. average, according to NBC New York.<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently tried to push a controversial mandate that all employees in the private sector must be vaccinated by December 27. Early in December, the mayor proudly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/06\/new-york-city-mandate-coronavirus-vaccine-all-private-sector-employees\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> that he would be the \u201cfirst in the nation\u201d to force private companies to vax all employees or face restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>For its part, Broadway <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/07\/30\/nyc-broadway-audiences-required-to-show-proof-of-vaccination-wear-masks\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> in July that all theatergoers would have to be vaccinated to attend shows in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n<p>The theater district also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/new-yorks-broadway-closed-until-at-least-january\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shut down<\/a> through most of 2020, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/re-opening-of-3-powerhouse-broadway-shows-signals-new-dawn\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stayed<\/a> shuttered until September on this year.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York\u2019s theater district is once again cancelling Broadway\u2019s biggest shows over the coronavirus. 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