“The Broadway League has announced yet another extension of the stage shutdown in New York City,” writes Rob Bailey-Millado in Friday’s (10/9) New York Post. “The organization confirmed that it is suspending ticket sales and performances through May 30, 2021, marking another COVID-19-induced delay before live theater productions will return, according to an announcement Friday via Twitter…. ‘With nearly 97,000 workers who rely on Broadway for their livelihood and an annual economic impact of $14.8 billion to the city, our membership is committed to re-opening as soon as conditions permit us to do so,’ said Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League, in a statement…. Returning productions are tentatively projected to resume performances over a series of rolling dates beginning June 2021…. Broadway performances were suspended on March 12, 2020…. ‘My heart breaks for everyone who works on Broadway or depends on it to make their living,’ said Mary McColl, executive director for Actors’ Equity…. McColl also made a public plea for support on a federal level.… Although the shutdown still holds firm, the long-delayed 2020 Tony Award nominations for excellence in theater are set to be announced … October 15.”
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