Broadway will shut down four to six weeks beginning tonight, due to the coronavirus outbreak, several sources told The Post.
In what is the worst crisis the industry has faced since the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, several shows will not be able to recover. “The Minutes,” a new play by Pulitzer-winner Tracy Letts that was to open Sunday night, is likely to close and never return.
Martin McDonagh’s acclaimed “Hangman” is also unlikely to open this season, though it could come back in the fall. “Sing Street,” a new show in rehearsals, will try to open in the fall, propped up by money from Barbara Broccoli, the producer of the James Bond movies. “The Phantom of the Opera,” Broadway’s longest running show that draws heavily on
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