A Broadway Show Comes Back to Life

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🗓️ 17 September 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This episode contains strong language. “Six,” a revisionist feminist British pop musical about the wives of King Henry VIII, was shaping up to be a substantial hit on Broadway after finding success in London. On its opening night, however, in March 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a shutdown of theater that would wind up lasting a year and a half. We speak to the cast and crew of “Six” about the show’s path back to the stage and explore what it tells us about the trials of Broadway during the pandemic. Guest: Michael Paulson, a theater reporter for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	I'm a reporter from the New York Times.
0:06.0	You guys have a second chat?
0:08.0	Can we do it after he comes out?
0:10.0	Oh sure.
0:11.0	Because I think he's going to come out in like a minute.
0:12.0	Oh right, it is a minute.
0:13.0	You're right.
0:14.0	But yes, 100%.
0:15.0	Okay, I'll be right here.
0:16.0	Okay.
0:17.0	Like I'm too excited.
0:19.0	Well, it is back.
0:33.0	I think that for supporting like theater, it has been a hard year and a half.
0:37.0	And we wanted to see a song from one of our speaker's criminals.
0:40.0	It's a song called New York, New York.
0:44.0	That was my player, take a toy.
0:47.0	I'm going to sing a walk if you like.
0:54.0	I'm ready to move.
0:57.0	I'm here today.
1:02.0	Well we chat.
1:03.0	Okay, so you all look like dancers.
1:05.0	Yeah, they are.
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