Matthew Murphy
Sometimes the show doesn't go on.
For the sake of public safety,Broadwaywill dim its lights earlier than usual on Sunday, Feb. 22 due to the impending blizzard heading towards New York City. In astatementshared on social media, the Broadway League announced that while all matinees will continue as scheduled, evening performances have been canceled.
"Due to anticipated travel impacts from the impending blizzard and evening travel bans already announced for our surrounding areas, Broadway theatre owners and producers have come to the consensus that evening performances (curtain times at 6pm or later) tonight will be cancelled," the statement read. It further stated that for questions about exchange or refund policies, theatre-goers should contact their point of purchase directly.
These cancellations include new productions such asChess,Stranger Things: The First Shadow,Bug, andEvery Brilliant ThingstarringDaniel Radcliffe,in addition to mainstays likeWicked, The Lion King,andAladdin. Initially, there was one exception to the cancellations: theTony-winningproduction ofOperation Mincemeat, the much raved-about West End transfer.
Julieta Cervantes
Sunday was set to mark the final performance fromMincemeat's original cast members, David Cumming, Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Jak Malone, and Zoë Roberts. But in an update shared at 1 p.m., the League confirmed that the evening performance has indeed been canceled. In its place, after the cast performs its now-final show — the 2 p.m. matinee — they will perform a concert of songs from the show, which will be live-streamed onMincemeat'sofficial Instagram pagestarting at 5:30 p.m.
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Elsewhere, the Manhattan Theatre Club's production ofBugannounced a "$45 snow sale" for all remaining seats at the show's 2 p.m. matinee.
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The National Weather Service has issued blizzard and winter storm warnings for New York City and surrounding areas, with the worst of the snowfall due to arrive on Sunday evening and into Monday. A whopping 12 to 18 inches of snow is expected across most of the region throughout the night and early hours of Monday morning.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has already declared a local state of emergency, as the city braces for its firstdangerous blizzardin over a decade, and all non-essential vehicles have been ordered off the streets from 9 p.m. Sunday to 12 p.m. Monday local time.
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