By Tim Dams London’s West End and New York’s Broadway theaters may be unable able to stage major musicals until early next year, according to leading theater producer Cameron Mackintosh.
Interviewed by Michael Ball on BBC Radio 2 on Sunday, Mackintosh — whose Delfont Mackintosh theater chain staged “Dear Evan Hansen,” “The Book of Mormon” and “Phantom of the Opera” in the West End — said it looked as if the West End and Broadway “are going to be the last to go back” compared to many other countries.
Mackintosh said he was already planning to open shows in other parts of the world from September as other lockdowns ease, and noted that “Phantom of the Opera” has just reopened in South Korea, which has managed to keep a lid on coronavirus
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