Watch Hadestown, Come From Away, and More Sing Through the Broadway Blackout
As most New Yorkers (and those following #BlackoutonBroadway on Twitter) know by now, a transformer fire led to a massive power outage in Manhattan on Saturday evening, shutting down a big portion of the Broadway and off-Broadway show schedule.
Be More Chill, Beetlejuice, and Yiddish Fiddler were among the few survivors of the catastrophe, but a little power outage didn't entirely take the wind out of the rest of the theater district's sails. Take a look below at what a few musical casts did to entertain stranded New Yorkers and tourists alike on the streets outside their dark theaters.
Impromptu performance #broadwayblackout @wecomefromaway pic.twitter.com/PfHYZeFJ6v
— Chad Kimball (@chadkimball1) July 14, 2019
When the NYC #blackout hit the Walter Kerr tonight, André and the company had to take this party to the streets!href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Broadway?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Broadway pic.twitter.com/oZTW3gaimm
— Hadestown (@hadestown) July 14, 2019
How @RockOfAges handled the #NYCblackout, tonight! The show must go on, right?! pic.twitter.com/ixsWsjOnL8
— Michael Mahany (@MichaelMahany) July 14, 2019
Like the jewish people themselves, Yiddish fiddler survived against all odds #blackoutOnBroadway
— Jackie Hoffman (@JackieHoffman16) July 14, 2019
