Broadway theatres extend coronavirus shutdown until end of May 2021, causing alarm as actors and backstage crew face an uncertain future
FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the shuttered Richard Rodgers Theatre, home of the popular musical"Hamilton" in New York, US, July 2, 2020. It brings the closure of one of New York City's biggest tourist attractions to more than a year and forces a revival of musical, "The Music Man" into 2022.
Producers of "The Music Man," who had hoped to stage the revival in May 2021 with Hugh Jackman, said on Friday they had pushed back the opening date of the show until February 2022.
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