Some 66% of the Broadway audience is female, while 2.1 million of the 13.8 million Broadway ticket sold were used by children or teens (about 15%).Ĭrime is up in New York by more than 30% over 2021. It is also quite possible that a significant increase in crime in New York is keeping thousands of tourists away. By July 1, masks were optional at most shows. LuPone herself missed ten performances of Company with COVID. Others wen but refused to mask, like those called out by Broadway legend Patti LuPone in May. Meanwhile, many COVID-shy theater goers are still reluctant to travel to Broadway and sit in a theater with hundreds of others. A number of headliners, like Hugh Jackman in Music Man, contracted COVID (Jackman had it twice) and had to leave performances to their understudies. The Omicron surge cancelled dozens of performances, resulting in refunds and several closings. Beetlejuice the Musical will also close in January, followed by “Phantom” in February, unless a surprise outpouring of ticket buyers should somehow save the show.ĬOVID wreaked havoc among vulnerable Broadway casts. In September, The Music Man announced its shutdown on January 1, 2003. Both opened in 2017, won acclaim, and according to the Hollywood Reporter “were largely sold out before the pandemic.” A third show, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, a former hit which opened in 2019, also announced its closing in June. In June, closing notices were posted for Dear Evan Hansen and Come From Away, the tale of the airline passengers stranded in Newfoundland on 9/11.

(Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions) Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions onstage during the 75th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Jin New York City. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 12: Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster perform a number from 'The Music Man'.

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