The announcement comes days after a Broadway usher tested positive for the coronavirus.
On Thursday morning, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said"new models" are being looked into to see whether capacity could be reduced in theaters in order to make them safer.
Many New York art institutions also announced Thursday that they would close due to the coronavirus threat. The Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, and Carnegie Hall said they were canceling all performances until March 31.Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildThe production, which was being held at the Curran Theater, had previously remained scheduled with reduced capacity after aThere was to be a 1,000-person cap on each performance, in a venue that has a 1,667-person capacity, according to.
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