“The Inheritance,” a sprawling two-part Broadway epic about a group of gay men in New York, was supposed to close on March 15.
But it never made it to its final performance. But four days before its last scheduled show, the curtain came down unexpectedly, as all Broadway productions shut for four weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in packed theaters across Times Square.
It was a jarring conclusion for a play, inspired by E.M. Forster’s “Howards End,” that deals with the ghosts of another pandemic — the HIV crisis.
In its final days on Broadway, “The Inheritance,” which launched in 2018 in London’s West End to rapturous reviews and shelves of awards, continued to attract high-profile attendees.
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