Three days after reopening for the first time in 18 months, the Broadway hit “Aladdin” is shutting down until Oct. 12 because of breakthrough COVID-19 cases in the company.
A sign advertising the show "Aladdin" is displayed in front of the New Amsterdam theater in New York, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. The hit Broadway show was canceled Wednesday night when breakthrough COVID-19 cases were reported within the musical's company, a day after the show reopened, a worrying sign for Broadway. Disney Theatrical Productions said it will cancel Friday’s performance and all shows until Oct. 12 after “additional breakthrough COVID-19 cases were detected.
“This 12-day pause allows the ‘Aladdin’ company ample time to ensure that people with breakthroughs recover, and any other potential breakthroughs are identified before the ‘Aladdin’ company gathers again,” Dr. Blythe Adamson, the epidemiologist working with Disney Theatrical Productions, said in a statement.So-called breakthrough infections are detected in vaccinated people and tend to be far less dangerous than those unvaccinated.
“Aladdin,” a musical adaptation of the 1992 animated movie starring Robin Williams, opened on Broadway in March 2014 and has become one of its highest grossing shows.
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