Broadway suspended performances for a month Thursday as the world's most famous theater district was hit by a ban on large public gatherings imposed on New Yorkers to stem the new coronavirus outbreak.
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Signage at Hamilton An American Musical on Broadway on March 12, 2020 in New York City. - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on March 12, 2020 banned public gatherings of more than 500 people, including shows in Manhattan's iconic Broadway theater district. Only schools, hospitals, nursing homes and mass transit facitilities are excepted from the rule -- which goes into effect for Broadway at 5:00 pm March 12, 2020, and 24 hours later everywhere else, Cuomo told journalists. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
2020-03-14 20:21:11
Broadway suspended performances for a month Thursday as the world's most famous theater district was hit by a ban on large public gatherings imposed on New Yorkers to stem the new coronavirus outbreak.
Broadway had been one of the few entertainment institutions still standing in the now-stalling cultural engine of New York, where a number of top concert halls shut along with the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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