{"id":201809,"date":"2021-03-12T19:59:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/broadway-marks-anniversary-of-covid-shutdown-with-live-show\/"},"modified":"2021-03-12T19:59:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:59:21","slug":"broadway-marks-anniversary-of-covid-shutdown-with-live-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/broadway-marks-anniversary-of-covid-shutdown-with-live-show\/","title":{"rendered":"#Broadway marks anniversary of COVID shutdown with live show"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Broadway marks anniversary of COVID shutdown with live show<\/strong>”
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Broadway performers let the show go on for the first time in a year Friday with a live performance to mark the anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 as well as the theater industry\u2019s forthcoming \u201crebirth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cWe Will Be Back\u201d pop-up in Times Square featured dancing and singing from some of Broadway\u2019s top talent, including actor Andre DeShields.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just a different way to bring the message to the people,\u201d DeShields, who won a Tony Award for his role in the musical \u201cHadestown\u201d and is best known for his title role in \u201cThe Wiz,\u201d told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hour-long performance, hosted by the Times Square Alliance, served as a reunion of sorts \u2014 Broadway went dark on March 12, 2020, as the coronavirus crisis began ravaging the Big App<\/a>le.<\/p>\n

But the surprise event was a reminder that The Great White Way will one day return to New York City after its \u201clost\u201d year that cost some 97,000 workers their jobs. <\/p>\n

Other stars like Brian Stokes Mitchell, Matthew Broderick and Chita Rivera were also in attendance for the live production, which fittingly opened with the song, \u201cOn Broadway\u201d \u2014 performed by singers wearing face shields and dancers in face masks.<\/p>\n

The show was not announced ahead of time to avoid crowds from forming.<\/p>\n

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Passersby said they felt lucky to have stumbled upon the live performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s well needed and I think it\u2019s a breath of fresh air and the promise that Broadway will come back,\u201d said Jules Smith, 30.<\/p>\n

Cora Hester, 50, said the actors\u2019 energy left the Crossroads of the World buzzing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can see they are ready to get back to work,\u201d she said, after the show wrapped. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to the first Broadway show opening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nikk M. James, who won a Tony Award for her performance in the hit \u201cBook of Mormon,\u201d said Friday was all about showing unity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means that even though we have been separated, we\u2019ve been isolated, that we are still connected and when the call comes, we are ready to come back together,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

While an exact date for Broadway to reopen has not yet been set, industry insiders have said they hope to get back up and running by early September. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a lesson,\u201d DeShield said of the pandemic shutdown. \u201cWe are still learning because Broadway is probably the source of New York\u2019s tourism and tourism is what makes this city.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople have to feel safe, sure and unharmed if they are coming back,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/div>\n

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