After 18 months of stopping due to the pandemic

With tears of joy, fans welcome the return of "Broadway"

The heroes of the play "Hamilton" greet the audience.

Reuters

The major musicals in Broadway theaters came back to life, the day before yesterday, after an unprecedented closure that lasted 18 months, due to the pandemic that caused a state of frightening silence, and cast a shadow over the theater district in New York, after it was usually bustling.

And performances of the musicals "Hamilton", "The Lion King" (The Lion King) and "The Villain" (Wicked), began in front of the audience, who welcomed with tears and warm applause the return to life in Broadway theaters.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, author of the play "Hamilton", began the evening with an exciting improvisational theater show "New York, New York" at the theater's door, accompanied by the actors of the three plays.

Speaking to fans, Miranda said, "Broadway is back.

Put a mask on, get the vaccine, and go watch the live theatrical show!

The play "Chicago" was also re-presented the day before yesterday.

Broadway was one of the first institutions to shut down when the pandemic spread in mid-March 2020, but it was the last to reopen for business in the United States.

It took months to develop air purification systems and decide how to maintain social distancing.

The audience, actors and musicians, as well as backstage workers, must provide proof that they have received full vaccinations and put masks on during all shows on Broadway and off Broadway in New York.

The plays “Hamilton”, “The Lion King” and “Evil” were the highest in terms of revenue, as each of them made more than one million dollars a week, before the epidemic closed about 40 theaters in mid-March 2020, causing the loss of thousands of actors. and playwrights, musicians and dancers for their work.

Weekend Festival

Broadway and New York City authorities are organizing a weekend festival of concerts and performances in Times Square to promote the theatre, featuring artists from 18 musicals.

"The reopening of Broadway is a huge welcome mat for New Yorkers and visitors back to Times Square," Tom Harris, president of the Times Square Alliance, said in a statement.

The plays "Hamilton", "The Lion King" and "The Villain" are the highest-grossing.

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