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With Irene bearing down, Broadway shuts down
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August 27, 2011, Saturday
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WITH Hurricane Irene bearing down, the show will not go on on Broadway.
All 23 Broadway musical and plays have been canceled for today and tomorrow. When New York officials announced that the city's transit system will shut down beginning this afternoon, closure became unavoidable.
"The safety and security of theatergoers and employees is everyone's primary concern," Paul Libin, chairman of the national trade association the Broadway League, said in a statement. "As a result of the suspension of public transportation by government authorities in preparation for the incoming storm, all Broadway performances in NYC on (Saturday) and (Sunday) will be cancelled."
It's the first time Broadway has shut down for an emergency since the blackout in 2003.
Organizers of The New York International Fringe Festival, which has been offering almost 200 small shows downtown over the past few weeks, also canceled all events today and tomrrow, including its closing night party.
Irene is expected to hit North Carolina's coast sometime today and track up the East Coast. The National Weather Service has issued a hurricane watch for New York City, and the storm is expected to come closest to the city sometime tomorrow.
All 23 Broadway musical and plays have been canceled for today and tomorrow. When New York officials announced that the city's transit system will shut down beginning this afternoon, closure became unavoidable.
"The safety and security of theatergoers and employees is everyone's primary concern," Paul Libin, chairman of the national trade association the Broadway League, said in a statement. "As a result of the suspension of public transportation by government authorities in preparation for the incoming storm, all Broadway performances in NYC on (Saturday) and (Sunday) will be cancelled."
It's the first time Broadway has shut down for an emergency since the blackout in 2003.
Organizers of The New York International Fringe Festival, which has been offering almost 200 small shows downtown over the past few weeks, also canceled all events today and tomrrow, including its closing night party.
Irene is expected to hit North Carolina's coast sometime today and track up the East Coast. The National Weather Service has issued a hurricane watch for New York City, and the storm is expected to come closest to the city sometime tomorrow.
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