On The Scene: More Broadway shows opening as Omicron surge subsides
Broadway is hoping to raise the curtain on better times now that the Omicron surge is subsiding, and more shows are opening.
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Feb 16, 2022, 11:40 AM
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224ds agoBroadway
is hoping to raise the curtain on better times now that the Omicron surge is subsiding,
and more shows are opening.
Trouble
is what Broadway is hoping to put behind it, beginning with last week's opening
of "The Music Man."
Starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, the event not only brought
out Hollywood A-listers, political elite, and titans from the worlds of
business and fashion, but it seemed to be a new beginning for New York theatre.
It
came after the Omicron surge shut down as many as half the shows on Broadway
due to cast illnesses during the holidays and forced several to close
altogether as ticket buyers stayed away.
Fifteen
more shows are scheduled to open on Broadway by the end of April, including
Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker in "Plaza Suite,"
originally scheduled to open two years ago, Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga in
"Macbeth" and "Funny Girl," starring
Beanie Feldstein.
Springtime on Broadway has always ushered in a rush of openings
to meet the Tony Awards deadline, but this year, it may also be the season that
brings Broadway back.
Broadway is more affordable, with two for one tickets available
for most shows, plus discounted rush tickets for some shows. Below is a list of Broadway shows opening soon and the dates when previews start:
American Buffalo - 3/22
Beetlejuice - 4/8
Birthday Candles - 4/11
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf - 4/1
Funny Girl - 3/26
How I learned To Drive - 3/29
Macbeth - 3/29
Mr. Saturday Night - 3/1
Paradise Square - 3/15
Plaza Suite - 2/25
Take Me Out - 3/10
The Little Prince - 3/29
The Minutes - 3/19
A Strange Loop - 4/6
The Skin of Our Teeth - 3/31
