BACKSTAGE: BROADWAY THEATERS TO REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH AT LEAST MAY 2021

Broadway theaters will remain closed through May 30, 2021 and possibly beyond, the Broadway League announced Oct. 9. The news, an inevitability that does not make it sting less, adds four months to the previously announced January reopening aim. All Broadway shows have been suspended since March of this year.

The new date also forces a number of shows that had, perhaps optimistically, announced spring productions, to go back to the drawing board, including the Sarah Jessica Parker–led “Plaza Suite,” Michael Jackson biomusical “MJ,” and the splashy “Music Man” revival.  

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