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Beyond Broadway: Which Shows Are Suspended, Permanently Closed or Still Running?

By: RAVEN SNOOK
Date: Mar 13, 2020

UPDATE: As of Monday, March 16, all NYC nightclubs, small theatres and concert venues must close. The reopening dates for shows listed below will most likely change. We will continue to update this post as we get more information.


On March 12, due to the quickly evolving COVID-19 crisis, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo prohibited gatherings of more than 500 people and commanded smaller venues to reduce their occupancy by half. All Broadway shows are suspended through Sunday, April 12, and many Off and Off-Off Broadway productions are taking a hiatus, too. Below is a list detailing which shows are temporarily suspended, which are permanently closed and those that are still running. We will update this post frequently to reflect inevitable changes.

 

Broadway Shows

All Broadway productions are suspended through April 12. The Inheritance and A Soldier's Story, which were originally scheduled to close on Sunday, March 15, ended their runs early and will not reopen. As of this writing, all other Broadway shows that were already running or about to start previews say they will resume performing the week of April 13.

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Off Broadway Shows

The following Off Broadway productions are cancelled and will not reopen.

About Love at the Sheen Center

Ailey II - New York Season at Ailey Citigroup Theater

All the Natalie Portmans at MCC Theater

Anatomy of a Suicide at Atlantic Theater Company

Ars Nova has canceled the rest of its season

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice by The New Group at the Pershing Square Signature Center

Bundle of Sticks at Intar Theatre

Cambodian Rock Band at Signature Theatre

Carnegie Hall has canceled the rest of its season.

Chicken and Biscuits at the Queens Theatre.

Coal Country at The Public Theater

The Crucible by Bedlam at the Connelly Theatre (was scheduled to start March 27)

Darling Grenadine at The Public Theater

Emojiland: the Musical at the Duke on 42nd Street.

Endlings at New York Theatre Workshop

Fandango For Butterflies (And Coyotes) by En Garde Arts, which was touring the five boroughs

Gnit at Theatre for a New Audience

The Headlands at Lincoln Center Theater's Claire Tow Theater

Harry Townsend's Last Stand at City Center

The Hot Wing King at Signature Theatre

Incantata at Irish Repertory Theatre

Irish Arts Center has canceled the rest of its season.

Lady G at Irish Repertory Theatre

Love Life at City Center's Encores!

The Metropolitan Opera has canceled the rest of its season.

Mirrors at Next Door @ NYTW

Mr. Toole at 59E59 Theaters

The New Victory Theater has cancelled the rest of its season.

New York City Ballet has canceled the rest of its season.

New York City Center has canceled the rest of its season.

The New York Philharmonic has cancelled the rest of its season.

Oratorio for Living Things at Ars Nova at Greenwich House

The Perplexed at Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage 1 at City Center

Pipeline Festival at the WP Theater

Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally
at The Playwrights Realm (was scheduled to start April 3)

A Sign of the Times at Theatre 511

She Persisted, the Musical at Atlantic for Kids

SKiNFoLK: An American Show at The Bushwick Starr

Target Margin Theater has cancelled the rest of its season.

Tumacho at Connelly Theater

Unknown Soldier at Playwrights Horizons

The Unsinkable Molly Brown by the Transport Group at Abrons Arts Center

We're Gonna Die at Second Stage Theater

The Woman in Black at The McKittrick Hotel

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The following Off Broadway productions are suspended or postponed indefinitely.

Approval Junkie by Audible Theater at the Minetta Lane Theatre is postponed. More info to come.

Assassins at Classic Stage Company is postponed. More info to come.

Bees and Honey by LAByrinth Theater Company has been postponed until next season.

Best Life at JACK is postponed. More info to come.

Islander at Next Door @ NYTW is postponed. More info to come.

The Jungle at St. Ann's Warehouse is postponed. More info to come.

Nollywood Dreams at MCC Theater is postponed. More info to come.

Naked Boys Singing! at The Theater Center has been suspended. More info to come.

The Office! A Musical Parody at The Theater Center has been suspended. More info to come.

Perfect Crime at The Theater Center has been suspended. More info to come.

Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn at Theatre Row is postponed. More info to come.

Sanctuary City by New York Theatre Workshop at the Lucille Lortel Theatre has been suspended. More info to come.

The Siblings Play at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater has been suspended. More info to come.

Redwood at Ensemble Studio Theatre is postponed. More info to come.

Selling Kabul at Playwrights Horizons is delayed. More info to come.

Suicide Forest by Ma-Yi Theater Company at ART/NY Theatres has been suspended. More info to come.

The Vagrant Trilogy at The Public Theater is postponed. More info to come.
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The Visitor at The Public Theater is postponed. More info to come.

Washington Square at Axis Theatre Company has been suspended. More info to come.

Whisper House at 59E59 Theaters is postponed. More info to come.

Wolf Play at Soho Rep. is postponed. More info to come.

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The following Off Broadway productions are suspended but have set reopening dates.

72 Miles to Go... at Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura Pels Theater plans to reopen on April 14.

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) plans to resume programming on March 30.

Beyond Babel plans to reopen on April 7.

Carnegie Hall plans to resume programming on May 11.

Dana H. at the Vineyard Theatre plans to reopen on April 1 but at half capacity.

Drift at New World Stages plans to reopen on April 13.

Drunk Shakespeare at The Lounge plans to reopen March 23.

The Gazillion Bubble Show at New World Stages plans to reopen on April 16.

Happy Birthday Doug at Soho Playhouse will reopen June 19.

Help at The Shed plans to reopen on March 31.

The Imbible at New World Stages plans to reopen on April 13.

Intimate Apparel at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi Newhouse Theater has been postponed until fall.

Jersey Boys at New World Stages plans to reopen on April 14.

The Joyce Theater plans to resume programming on April 1.

Katsura Sunshine's Rakugo at New World Stages plans to reopen on June 20. In the meantime, it will live-steam weekly. Details coming soon.

Lunch Bunch by PlayCo has rescheduled its March run to April 1-26.

Little Shop of Horrors at the Westside Theatre plans to reopen on April 14.

Love Quirks - A New Musical at St Luke's Theatre plans to reopen on April 12.

New York City Center plans to resume programming on April 6.

The Play That Goes Wrong at New World Stages plans to reopen on April 13.

Rock of Ages at New World Stages plans to reopen on April 13.

Sleep No More at The McKittrick Hotel plans to reopen on April 12.

Then She Fell by Third Rail Projects plans to reopen on April 14.

The Works & Process series at the Guggenheim plans to resume in June.

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As of Monday, March 16, the following Off Broadway productions were ordered to suspend performances indefinitely.

Blue Man Group at Astor Place Theatre 

Seven Sins by Company XIV at Théâtre XIV 

Stomp at Orpheum Theatre 

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Off-Off Broadway Shows

It's impossible to share a comprehensive list of Off-Off Broadway productions, but here's what major Off-Off Broadway venues are doing.

92Y has suspended programming indefinitely.

Abingdon Theatre Company has suspended programming indefinitely.

Apollo Theater has suspended programming through April 12.

Abrons Arts Center has suspended programming indefinitely.

The Brick Theater has suspended programming through April 26.

Cherry Lane Theatre has suspended programming indefinitely.

Dixon Place has suspended programming through April 5.

The Flea has suspended programming through April 2.

HERE Arts Center has suspended programming through March 31.

The Kraine Theater has suspended programming indefinitely. Live-streaming of some shows will start soon.

La MaMa has suspended programming indefinitely, but plans to live-stream select events.

Red Bull Theater has suspended programming through April 12.

Repertorio Español has suspended programming through March 31.

Symphony Space has suspended programming through April 1.

The Tank has suspended programming through April 12.

Theater for the New City has suspended programming indefinitely.

Under St Marks has suspended programming indefinitely. Live-streaming of some shows will start soon.

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Raven Snook is the Editor of TDF Stages. Follow her at @RavenSnook. Follow TDF at @TDFNYC.

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