![]() ![]() The cancellations are not only disruptive to consumers - some of them have been announced just minutes before showtime - but are also costly to producers, who already struggle to achieve profitability in an industry where far more shows fail than succeed. “We have to accept that there is going to be some percentage of performances lost to this,” said Hunter Arnold, a producer whose shows this season included a new comedy, “Chicken & Biscuits,” that had to close for 10 days last month because of coronavirus cases in its company. In many cases, those testing positive have been asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, but they are not allowed to return until they are deemed no longer contagious. 17, it would require booster shots for both employees and audience members. ![]() And as the Omicron variant causes caseloads to rise, some performing arts institutions are starting to go further: The Metropolitan Opera said Wednesday that, starting Jan. Broadway has taken precautions - there is an industrywide vaccine mandate for audiences and workers, and patrons must wear masks - but nobody lives in a bubble, and frequent testing (daily at some shows) is turning up a steady stream of breakthrough infections. ![]()
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