Some Broadway Shows Won't Have Sept. 11 Performances
Some Broadway Shows Won’t Have Sept. 11 Performances
NEW YORK (AP) -- The shows will go on at "The Producers," "Hairspray" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie," but the three Disney musicals -- "The Lion King," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aida" -- will not as Broadway grapples with whether to cancel performances on Sept. 11, the anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. More than a dozen productions, including "The Phantom of the Opera," "Chicago," "Les Miserables," "Cabaret" and "Mamma Mia!" have opted not to perform and will reschedule for another day. "I don't think we could face performing that day when you remember back to what occurred last year," said Barry Weissler, producer of "Chicago," which will go dark. "It's just too difficult and too emotional." Yet others are bucking the trend to can-cel during observances to mark the anniversary. "If people don't go to work what are they going to do?" asked Roy Gabay, a producer of "Metamorphoses," the Tony-nominated play that will give two performances Sept. 11. "I think there is a whole group of people that feel, 'I am going to go to an event to show that this did not hurt my enthusiasm to be a participant in the world.' We need to show that we are up and running and there is a positive outlook," Gabay added. "A lot of the shows that are performing want to signify that it's business as usual." Ticket sales for "Metamorphoses" on Sept. 11 are "no worse than for any other day that week," said Gabay, although he admitted business would be slow. The following shows will be dark Sept. 11: "Aida," "Beauty and the Beast," "Cabaret," "Chicago," "42nd Street," "Frankie and Johnnie in the Clair de Lune," "Into the Woods," "Les Miserables," "Noises Off," "Oklahoma!", "The Lion King," "The Phantom of the Op-era," "Urinetown" and "Mamma Mia!" These shows will perform Sept. 11: "I'm Not Rappaport," "Metamor-phoses," "Proof," "The Boys From Syracuse," "The Graduate," "The Producers," "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
Some Broadway Shows Won’t Have Sept. 11 Performances
NEW YORK (AP) -- The shows will go on at "The Producers," "Hairspray" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie," but the three Disney musicals -- "The Lion King," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aida" -- will not as Broadway grapples with whether to cancel performances on Sept. 11, the anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. More than a dozen productions, including "The Phantom of the Opera," "Chicago," "Les Miserables," "Cabaret" and "Mamma Mia!" have opted not to perform and will reschedule for another day. "I don't think we could face performing that day when you remember back to what occurred last year," said Barry Weissler, producer of "Chicago," which will go dark. "It's just too difficult and too emotional." Yet others are bucking the trend to can-cel during observances to mark the anniversary. "If people don't go to work what are they going to do?" asked Roy Gabay, a producer of "Metamorphoses," the Tony-nominated play that will give two performances Sept. 11. "I think there is a whole group of people that feel, 'I am going to go to an event to show that this did not hurt my enthusiasm to be a participant in the world.' We need to show that we are up and running and there is a positive outlook," Gabay added. "A lot of the shows that are performing want to signify that it's business as usual." Ticket sales for "Metamorphoses" on Sept. 11 are "no worse than for any other day that week," said Gabay, although he admitted business would be slow. The following shows will be dark Sept. 11: "Aida," "Beauty and the Beast," "Cabaret," "Chicago," "42nd Street," "Frankie and Johnnie in the Clair de Lune," "Into the Woods," "Les Miserables," "Noises Off," "Oklahoma!", "The Lion King," "The Phantom of the Op-era," "Urinetown" and "Mamma Mia!" These shows will perform Sept. 11: "I'm Not Rappaport," "Metamor-phoses," "Proof," "The Boys From Syracuse," "The Graduate," "The Producers," "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie."