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Reflections on a Year Without Theater: An Oral History of the Broadway Shutdown, Part 7
The theater community discusses what it would take to reopen the industry, while discussing all the things they miss, in the last section of our oral history project.
Dan Stevens and Gaby French in the Broadway production of Martin McDonagh's <em>Hangmen</em>.
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"A Lot of Tears Shed": An Oral History of the Broadway Shutdown, Part 6
Nearly a week after the theater industry shuts down, Covid cases start to rise, and two high-profile shows announce they've closed.
The sign at the Times Square TKTS booth on Friday, March 13, 2020.
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"A Beautiful Ritual of Letting Go": An Oral History of the Broadway Shutdown, Part 5
With the industry shut down, theaters scramble to make archival recordings of several productions, while UK-based actors make a mad dash to get back home. And then people started getting sick.
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"A Very Strange Way to Stop": An Oral History of the Broadway Shutdown, Part 4
On Thursday, March 12, 2020, Six was scheduled to open. But everyone knew what was coming.
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"This Is It": An Oral History of the Broadway Shutdown, Part 3
As an usher tests positive for Covid-19, the theater community braces itself for the inevitable.
Times Square in March 2020
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"We're Next": An Oral History of the Broadway Shutdown, Part 2
Actors stopped signing autographs at the stage door and audiences became more wary as March 2020 — and news of the coronavirus hitting New York — rolled in.
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An Oral History of the Broadway Shutdown, Part 1
The theater community remembers the extraordinary period between January and March 2020, as the industry and world came to a screeching halt.