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Broadway theaters are extending mask mandates for theatergoers through at least May 31, the Broadway League мындай деди: Friday, which comes as more shows have had to жокко чыгаруу performances after members of the cast or production tested positive for Covid-19.
People walk past the Walter Kerr Theatre in Times Square, New York City, on November 25, 2020.
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Charlotte St. Martin, president of the trade association Broadway League, said in a билдирүү the extension is intended to ensure “safety for all,” and that it will announce protocols for June next month.
Martin said “many” of the 41 Broadway theaters will not ask theatergoers for proof of vaccination after April 30 but urged “everyone to get vaccinated.”
The Shubert Organization, which operates 15 караганда theaters in New York City, мындай деди: Friday that it planned to токтотуу asking ticket holders for their vaccination status starting May 1; the musical Аладдин announced the same.
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92%. That’s how much the highly transmissible omicron BA.2 subvariant accounts for Covid cases in New York State, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The BA.2 subvariant is more widespread in New York than it is throughout мамлекет, where it makes up nearly 86% of Covid cases.
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This week, at least three shows canceled performances, including the musical Бейиш аянты and a revival of Plaza Suite, after members of the cast or production tested positive for Covid-19.
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Sam Gold, the director of a revival of Макбет, performed the role of a Scottish thane on Thursday after the actor who played that role tested positive for Covid, the New York Times билдирди. The show earlier had to cancel performances following Covid cases within the cast including actor Daniel Craig, and reopened Tuesday.
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Broadway theaters extend mask mandate through May 31 (Associated Press)
Бродвей спектаклдерин жокко чыгарууну көрсөтөт - кайрадан - Нью-Йоркто Ковид учурлары көбөйгөн сайын (Forbes)
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2022/04/15/broadway-extends-mask-mandates-through-may-as-more-shows-cancel-due-to-covid/