Broadway Shutdown Extended to May 2021

The shutdown on Broadway has been extended again — until at least late May.

The Broadway League announced Friday that performances will now be suspended through May 30, 2021, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

A new date has yet to be determined.

The Broadway producers are offering refunds and exchanges for tickets purchased for shows through May 30.

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In a statement, Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League, which represents producers, stated that they are working tirelessly with multiple partners on sustaining the industry once they raise the curtains again.

Broadway abruptly closed on March 12, knocking out all shows. About 31 musicals and plays were running when Broadway went dark for the first time, while eight new shows were in preview and another eight were preparing to debut in the spring.

It is worth mentioning that the novel coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China, and has infected more than one million people and killed over 234,139 worldwide.

In December 2019, an outbreak was reported in Wuhan, China. On 31 December 2019, the outbreak was traced to a novel strain of coronavirus, which was given the interim name 2019-nCoV by the World Health Organization (WHO), it was later renamed SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.

On March 11, WHO declared coronavirus a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 800,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

Transmission of viruses between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.

Coronavirus can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.

It is known that older people appear to be more vulnerable to the effects of the emerging virus.

The virus caused complete paralysis in all activities and events with large gatherings worldwide due to concerns over the spread of the virus.

People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.