On Friday, per week earlier than Christmas Eve, all 4 performances of Radio Metropolis Music Corridor’s enduring Christmas present starring the Rockettes have been canceled due to what the corporate described as “breakthrough Covid-19 instances within the manufacturing.”
The present, “Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio Metropolis Rockettes,” grew to become the newest to be upended by a rash of coronavirus instances amongst forged and crew members, because the virus has surged in latest days in New York.
The Madison Sq. Backyard Leisure firm, which produces the present and owns the theater, made the announcement in an announcement Friday morning simply after the primary present of the day had been anticipated to start. The producers mentioned within the assertion that they’d “make bulletins about future exhibits as quickly as potential.”
The choice comes as Broadway has needed to endure a raft of cancellations not like any in its historical past. A number of exhibits, together with “Tina,” a jukebox musical about Tina Turner, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Youngster” and “Hamilton” have all needed to cancel at the least one efficiency in latest days. On Thursday, six of the 32 present exhibits canceled performances, together with “Moulin Rouge!,” the place many patrons have been already of their seats when the choice was made.
In an indication of the rising degree of concern over the Omicron variant, the Metropolitan Opera on Wednesday grew to become the primary main performing arts establishment in New York to unveil a booster mandate: Starting Jan. 17, all staff and viewers members eligible for booster photographs might be required to point out proof that they’ve obtained them so as to enter the opera home.
At Radio Metropolis, some firm members have for a number of weeks expressed concern in regards to the Covid-19 protocols in place for staff. All the workers for the “Christmas Spectacular” should be vaccinated. However the theater had not required staff to be examined for the virus. And below the Music Corridor’s coverage, masks have been beneficial however not required for artists, forged and crew members. And not all viewers members have been required to put on masks, as they’re at all Broadway exhibits.
Administration on the Music Corridor has mentioned the protocols it has had in place have been fully protected, and that they have been developed along side well being and security consultants, and have been used efficiently at a roster of exhibits within the venue since late summer season.
Michael Paulson contributed reporting.
