#Omicron surge steals Christmas from NYC stores, restaurants

#Omicron surge steals Christmas from NYC stores, restaurants

“#Omicron surge steals Christmas from NYC stores, restaurants” The surging Omicron variant is emerging as the Grinch who stole Christmas from Big Apple stores and restaurants that were counting on the holiday season to help them rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Over the weekend, we didn’t have as many people in coming as we usually…

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#Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ closes permanently amid COVID

#Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ closes permanently amid COVID

“#Broadway’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ closes permanently amid COVID” The producers of Broadway’s “Jagged Little Pill” said Monday that they decided to shut down the musical amid the latest COVID-19 surge. “In light of the extreme uncertainty ahead of us this winter, and forced to choose between continuing performances and protecting our company, we’ve made the…

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#This is the Broadway show to see right now

#This is the Broadway show to see right now

“#This is the Broadway show to see right now” Minutes into the musical “Company,” which opened Thursday night at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, you’re overcome by a sensation that’s eluded the rest of this tricky theater season — that Broadway really is back. Finally, a smart, funny, human revival about the highs and lows…

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#Hollywood signs J.K. Simmons up for endless roles

#Hollywood signs J.K. Simmons up for endless roles

“#Hollywood signs J.K. Simmons up for endless roles” Hollywood signs ’em up J.K. Simmons. He’s in “Being the Ricardos” playing Lucille Ball’s next-door neighbor Fred, who for real was played by William Frawley. He’s also in endless insurance commercials. He now has a white beard so fluffy puffy that, comparatively, Santa looks clean-shaven. “The beard’s…

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#Stephen Sondheim was a seismic Broadway force

#Stephen Sondheim was a seismic Broadway force

“#Stephen Sondheim was a seismic Broadway force” As the houselights went down the other week on the first performance of “Company” since the COVID shutdown, an old man, wearing a ratty sweater, slipped into the theater from a side entrance. If he hoped to be unobtrusive, he failed. The audience recognized him immediately – Stephen…

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#A Lifetime Original Broadway show

#A Lifetime Original Broadway show

“#A Lifetime Original Broadway show” Theater review 2 hours and 15 minutes, with one intermission. At the Longacre Theatre, 220 W. 48th St. The time is now, the Di is here! A month after releasing an internationally ridiculed Netflix special, and making it through three weeks of boozy, expletive-filled previews at the Longacre Theatre, “Diana:…

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