#Broadway to require vaccine proof, masks when shows return

#Broadway to require vaccine proof, masks when shows return

“#Broadway to require vaccine proof, masks when shows return” It’s showtime — for vaccine passports! The Broadway League announced Friday that Manhattan’s famed strip of theaters will require audiences, performers and backstage staff to show proof of vaccination against the coronavirus as the city’s performing arts ready for their fall return. Additionally, audiences will be…

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#King of the politically incorrect comics

#King of the politically incorrect comics

“#King of the politically incorrect comics” If you think of hot comedians, you might think of Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle or Bill Burr — incendiary stand-ups who cross political and ideological boundaries as they deliver preacher-like sermons on the worst of the cardinal sins: the sin of humorlessness. Jackie Mason, who died over the…

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#Tourists react to Times Square shooting

#Tourists react to Times Square shooting

“#Tourists react to Times Square shooting” Tourists visiting Times Square on Monday expressed fears for their safety — and the city’s future — following the second shooting there in as many months. “Worrying about getting killed in a crossfire was not on my itinerary when I booked this trip with my girlfriends — especially while…

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#Broadway stages finally set to sing

#Broadway stages finally set to sing

“#Broadway stages finally set to sing” Broadway is opening up. So, now, me, too, I am opening up. I am telling you that no guests will be allowed backstage. Nobody — unless they’re part of the performance. No pals, no anybody. Tony winner “Hadestown,” early reopener, starts Sept. 2. It will require no rejiggering of…

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#Turn Off the Dark’ turns 10

#Turn Off the Dark’ turns 10

“#Turn Off the Dark’ turns 10” At a cocktail party in 2005, I ran into an old friend, producer Tony Adams. Tony had been through the wars. He produced the Broadway musical “Victor/Victoria,” directed by Blake Edwards and starring Edwards’ wife, Julie Andrews. The show was a disaster. The tabloids gleefully chronicled every bit of…

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