The Rockettes cancel 'Christmas Spectacular' moments before showtime due to COVID-19
The Rockettes join a growing number of live-event cancellations as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus works its way through the country. COVID cases also are shuttering theaters hoping to bounce back after, with stages going dark on Broadway in New York City and in the West End theater district in London.
On Thursday, L.A.'s Center Theatre Group’s production of “A Christmas Carol” at the Ahmanson Theatre — starring Bradley Whitford as Ebenezer Scrooge and Kate Burton as the Ghost of Christmas Past —In New York, “Hamilton,” “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” “Tina,” “Ain’t Too Proud,” “Free Style Love Supreme” and the just-opened “Mrs. Doubtfire” were forced to cancel shows, and some restaurants have been temporarily closed.
“At the end of the day, we’ll follow the science, and the science will say, ‘You need to shut down this performance,’” Broadway League President Charlotte St. Martin toldon Thursday. “We anticipated that because they were telling us all along that if more people didn’t get their shots, that new variants would arrive and new variants would have cases. And guess what? It’s called Omicron.”
Earlier this week, in response to the growing public health consensus around the necessity of booster shots, New York’s Metropolitan Opera became the first major arts organization to
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