{"id":385655,"date":"2021-12-25T04:02:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T01:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/thoughts-of-a-colored-man-and-waitress-go-dark-on-broadway\/"},"modified":"2021-12-25T04:02:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T01:02:15","slug":"thoughts-of-a-colored-man-and-waitress-go-dark-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thoughts-of-a-colored-man-and-waitress-go-dark-on-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Thoughts of a Colored Man&#8217; and &#8216;Waitress&#8217; go dark on Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Thoughts of a Colored Man&#8217; and &#8216;Waitress&#8217; go dark on Broadway<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Great White Way was darker on Christmas Eve as two Broadway productions permanently closed due to surging COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n<p>The shows \u201cWaitress\u201d and \u201cThoughts of a Colored Man\u201d said on Friday that their productions would not reopen after performing their final shows earlier this week, according to Playbill.<\/p>\n<p>Sara Bareilles\u2019 \u201cWaitress\u201d returned to Broadway in September and was expected to run through next month, but its limited engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre was also thwarted by cases of the virus among its cast and company, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playbill.com\/article\/return-engagement-of-sara-bareilles-waitress-closes-on-broadway\">the outlet said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Tony-nominated hit was known for being the first Broadway musical composed, written, directed, and choreographed by women. It played 1,544 performances since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThoughts\u201d \u2014 a Keenan Scott II play which explored a day in the life of seven black Brooklyn men \u2014 had 79 performances at the Golden Theatre, but was besieged by COVID cases among its cast members. Its final show was Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-411.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Signage at &quot;Waitress&quot; on Broadway at the Barrymore Theatre on October 19, 2021 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-20610840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-411.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-411.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-411.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-411.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Sara Bareilles\u2019 \u201cWaitress\u201d has been wrecked by ongoing COVID-19 cases in its production, according to Playbill.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bruce Glikas\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhile this is not the outcome we had hoped for, being part of this historic season on Broadway has been the greatest privilege of our lives,\u201d producers Brian Moreland, Ron Simons, Diana DiMenna, Kandi Burruss, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Samira Wiley said in a statement, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playbill.com\/article\/keenan-scott-iis-thoughts-of-a-colored-man-closes-on-broadway\">according to the Playbill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe theatre industry\u2019s great return is about so much more than the success or failure of any single production. As a community, we remain undeterred, unflinching, and unstoppable. We have never been prouder to be theatre makers than at this very moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-412.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"(Left to right) Luke James, Bjorn DuPaty, playwright Keenan Scott II and Tristan Mack Wilds perform in &quot;Thoughts of a Colored Man&quot; on Dec. 21, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-20610841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-412.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-412.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-412.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>(Left to right) Luke James, Bjorn DuPaty, playwright Keenan Scott II and Tristan Mack Wilds perform in \u201cThoughts of a Colored Man\u201d on Dec. 21, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Thoughts of a Colored Man\/Tricia Baron via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-415.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sara Bareilles' &quot;Waitress&quot; has been in production since 2016.\" class=\"wp-image-20610842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-415.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-415.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-415.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sara Bareilles\u2019 \u201cWaitress\u201d has been in production since 2016.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jenny Anderson\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDavid Byrne\u2019s American Utopia,\u201d \u201cCome From Away,\u201d \u201cMJ The Musical,\u201d \u201cThe Lion King,\u201d \u201cHarry Potter and the Cursed Child,\u201d \u201cTina: The Tina Turner Musical,\u201d \u201cDear Evan Hanson,\u201d \u201cHamilton\u201d and \u201cAladdin\u201d were among the other productions that announced additional canceled shows on Friday.\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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The shows \u201cWaitress\u201d and \u201cThoughts of a Colored Man\u201d said on Friday that their productions would not reopen after performing their final shows earlier&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":385656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/broadway-closures-418.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[122495,29467,70418,70344,120464,122537,80988],"class_list":["post-385655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-12-24-21","tag-broadway","tag-broadway-musicals","tag-coronavirus-in-ny","tag-omicron-variant","tag-playbill","tag-plays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}