{"id":315822,"date":"2021-08-05T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/broadway-returns-with-first-performance-since-covid-shutdowns\/"},"modified":"2021-08-05T18:24:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T15:24:00","slug":"broadway-returns-with-first-performance-since-covid-shutdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/broadway-returns-with-first-performance-since-covid-shutdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"#Broadway returns with first performance since COVID shutdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Broadway returns with first performance since COVID shutdowns<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Broadway has lifted the curtain for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down theaters and threatened the future of the Great White Way.<\/p>\n<p>The audience was packed with guests wearing masks Wednesday night at the August Wilson Theater for previews\u00a0of \u201cPass Over,\u201d the first production to return to Broadway in nearly 17 months.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Ticket holders check in with proof of COVID-19 vaccination at the first preview of any play on Broadway since March 12, 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-19031646 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-69.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-69.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-69.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-69.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-69.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ticket holders check in with proof of COVID-19 vaccination at the first preview of any play on Broadway since March 12, 2020.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"(L-R) Namir Smallwood, Jon Michael Hill, Director Danya Taymor, Playwright Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu and Gabriel Ebert pose at the first preview of the new play &quot;Pass Over&quot; on Broadway at The August Wilson Theatre on August 4, 2021 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-19031638 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-75.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-75.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-75.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-75.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-75.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>(L-R) Namir Smallwood, Jon Michael Hill, Director Danya Taymor, Playwright Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu and Gabriel Ebert pose at the first preview of the new play \u201cPass Over\u201d on Broadway at The August Wilson Theatre on August 4, 2021 in New York City. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19031618 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-72.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-72.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-72.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-72.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-72.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The fully vaccinated and masked audience attends the performance of \u201cPass Over.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Guests were required to show proof of vaccination as well as keep on their masks in the theater, except while eating and drinking in designated areas. <\/p>\n<p>The performance was followed by an outdoor block party on 52nd Street to celebrate Broadway\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p>Several of Broadway\u2019s biggest shows, including \u201cHamilton,\u201d \u201cThe Lion King\u201d and \u201cWicked,\u201d have begun selling tickets for their returns on Sept. 14.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"People gather outside the August Wilson Theatre before the performance of &quot;Pass Over&quot; on Aug. 4, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-19031669 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-70.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-70.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-70.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-70.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-70.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>People gather outside the August Wilson Theatre before the performance of \u201cPass Over\u201d on Aug. 4, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Horseback police stand patrol outside the theater.\" class=\"wp-image-19031685 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-71.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-71.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-71.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-71.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/passover-71.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Horseback police stand patrol outside the theater.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve taken a lot of steps not only to make sure the theater will be safe for our audience members, but to make sure that our cast and crew have been trained in anti-racism training, also making sure that we as a brand are pushing forward <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> justice,\u201d said actress,\u00a0Krystal Joy Brown, who plays Alexander Hamilton\u2019s wife, Eliza, in \u201cHamilton.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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