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HAMILTON. ELIJAH MALCOMB, JOSEPH MORALES, KYLE SCATLIFFE, FERGIE L. PHILIPPE AND COMPANY.
BROADWAY IN TUCSON'S 2020-2021 season rescheduled By Beverly Medlyn
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pring 2021 and beyond are looking good for Broadway in Tucson, presenting live performances of touring Broadway shows at the University of Arizona’s Centennial Hall.
rescheduled events is to automatically move the tickets to the new performance dates. People who can’t make the new dates are offered alternatives.
The national touring industry hit a brick wall in March when COVID-19 struck, disrupting complex schedules that had been planned up to two years in advance. The moving parts of a Broadway show involve venues, actors, the crew, musicians and semi-trucks loaded with everything needed to make it happen.
Hamilton was reset for Nov. 17-Dec. 5, 2021, nearly the same time as it originally was scheduled for this year. Hadestown, also highly acclaimed, was pushed to April 12-17, 2022.
“It’s a giant jigsaw puzzle,” says Mario Di Vetta, Broadway in Tucson’s general manager. “If one show gets changed, cancelled or rescheduled, it’s like a domino for 30 other cities.” Broadway in Tucson handles arrangements for Broadway productions at Centennial Hall, which closed in mid-March and will reopen next year. Only one show, A Bronx Tale, had to be cancelled in March, with tickets refunded, Di Vetta says. The rest of the 2020-2021 season was rescheduled for later dates. Season ticket holders have been “incredibly supportive, incredibly generous,” Di Vetta says. Broadway in Tucson’s policy for postponed or 28
Jersey Boys and My Fair Lady, originally set for early 2021, will be rescheduled, with the new dates to be posted on Broadway in Tucson’s website and onstageaz.com. Safety measures for the cast and crew are being worked out on a national basis by unions representing various groups. Safety precautions for the audience will be established by the University of Arizona. “At the end of the day, we are about live performance,” he says. “The season is going to happen. Come hell or high water, it will happen.” For more information, visit broadwayintucson.com.
