Capacity restrictions on New York City movie theaters – now at 33% — will be lifted on May 19 but six-foot social distancing rules won’t — a somewhat confusing edict set out earlier Monday by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Break out the measuring sticks.Cuomo rarely mentions movie theaters and didn’t specifically today but it seems they were lumped in with other indoor venues where capacity limits will be abolished on that date.
The governor was most explicit about Broadway, which, however, as Deadline reported, won’t be staging productions until the fall.Theater owners are working to figure out how to maximize capacity while maintaining a Covid- compliant six-foot distance – in both New York and New Jersey, which made the announcement jointly.
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