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Live Performing Arts Are Returning to N.Y.C., but Not All at Once
Starting on Friday, theaters, comedy clubs and other arts venues can open at 33-percent capacity. The formula doesn’t work for everyone.
Conrad Tao performing Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” for a dance by Caleb Teicher as part of the Works and Process bubble performances on Tuesday at the Guggenheim Museum.Credit.Krista Schlueter for The New York Times
Published April 1, 2021Updated April 2, 2021
This is the weekend New York City’s theaters, music venues and comedy clubs have been waiting for. The chance to start holding performances again for a live, flesh-and-blood audience.
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State officials announced this week that after nearly a year of being shutdown, arts and entertainment venues in New York City can begin reopening at 33% capacity on April 2nd, with an indoor max of 100-150 attendees. Capacity for indoor events will be limited to 100 people no matter the venue size, unless that venue can administer COVID-19 tests to all attendees, in which case the limit is increased to 150 people.
If tests are administered for an outdoor venue, that number will rise from 200 to 500 attendees.
The announcement was a surprise to some in the arts sector, many of whom have spent months lobbying the state to loosen restrictions for their industry, as it had been for restaurants and other establishments.