Gordon Cox Theater EditorNow that omicron is in decline, Broadway optimism is on the rise.After a bumpy holiday season rife with performance disruptions, show closures and hiatuses due to the highly contagious COVID variant, there are signs of recovery in the New York theater industry — and producers are becoming increasingly bullish about a busy spring season.“When there was a bump in the road, people stopped and regrouped, but then we safely went on,” says James L.
Nederlander of the Nederlander Organization, which owns nine Broadway theaters and also produces the new musical starring Billy Crystal, “Mr.
Saturday Night.” “Right now, I think the more noise Broadway can make, the better.”In late March and April, a whopping 16 shows will open, among them “Mr.
Saturday Night,” a splashy revival of “Funny Girl” and the critically acclaimed Pulitzer winner “A Strange Loop,” along with theatrical outings for stars like Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker in “Plaza Suite,” Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell in “American Buffalo” and Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga in “Macbeth.” March and April are usually a time of revival for Broadway, which in the past posted slow sales in January and February before spring-break vacations helped reignite the box office.
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