Show Must Go On: Broadway tickets getting cheaper amid panic over COVID-19

Broadway theater producers are cutting ticket prices as panic rises amid the spread of coronavirus. Throughout March, tickets to five popular shows can be bought for $ 50. This publication writes FastCompany.

Great offer

As more and more New Yorkers are avoiding close contact with strangers due to a new outbreak of coronavirus, the producers of five Broadway shows teamed up to offer theater fans an offer they cannot refuse.

We are talking about super-cheap tickets, the source said. "In a joint statement, the producers stated that all remaining seats on the show from March 12 to March 29 will be available at a price of $ 50," the statement said.

Discounts apply to such shows:

• "To Kill a Mockingbird";
• West Side Story;
• "Lehman Trilogy";
• "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?";
• The Book of Mormon.

The mix of musicals and plays included in the proposal suggests Broadway producers are cheerfully responding to the aftermath of the outbreak, the source said. For example, West Side Story is one of the hottest shows of the new season, and The Book of Mormon is in demand.

According to the source, theatergoers are likely to never get the best price offer. Moreover, the average price of a ticket for Broadway these days is more than twice as high, and for good places it can reach $ 400.

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Announcing cheap tickets, Rudin, however, did not mention the outbreak of coronavirus. He suggested that the Broadway Theater will continue to operate as long as New York is "open for business."

Representatives of the Broadway League, the Broadway Theater Industry's National Trade Association, said this week that theaters are increasingly being disinfected due to the outbreak, and sanitation dispensers are available on public venues.

How many people are already sick COVID-19

As of Tuesday, March 10th, there were 140 confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York State. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio called on people to work from home, but so far the city has not decided to close public places.

According to the estimates of the publication CNN, as of March 11, the number of cases of coronavirus in the United States reached 1000. The number of identified patients has doubled since Sunday, March 8. 31 people died.

The worst situation in the state of Washington, where 273 cases and 24 deaths from the Chinese virus were detected.

California and New York are the only other states with more than 100 cases recorded, while Massachusetts is approaching 92.

As ForumDaily New York wrote earlier:

• As of the end of January, deadly coronavirus spread rapidly worldwide from Wuhan (China), where it is believed that it originated. In this regard, New York began to prepare for the "inevitable" epidemic.
• In mid-February, it was reported as Chinese coronavirus has affected the economy in New York State, but did not affect the health of residents.
• In late February, it became known that New York will spend $ 40 million to prepare to the expected outbreak of coronavirus.
• March 2 in New York confirmed first coronavirus infection.
• March 3 New Yorkers began to stock up on non-perishable products and household items as fears grow that the outbreak of the new virus will become nationwide.
• March 10, it became known that New York began to release own hand sanitizer.
• March 11, it became known that in New York will create the first quarantine zone in the United States.