The musical, which closed temporarily last month as the Omicron variant spread, had hoped to reopen in March. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Quarantine (Life and Culture)”
Martin McDonagh’s ‘Hangmen’ Will Open on Broadway This Spring
By Gotham Rex on February 1, 2022
The production, which was canceled at the start of the pandemic, will try again, this time starring Alfie Allen of “Game of Thrones” fame. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Struggles To Recover After Omicron Cases Surge
By Gotham Rex on January 28, 2022
The economic disruptions of the latest Covid wave have hurt blue-collar workers the most, even as Wall Street profits, rents and home sales are soaring. Source: New York Times
Mayor Adams says he is weighing a ‘temporary’ remote learning option.
By Gotham Rex on January 13, 2022
The city and the teachers union have been unable to agree on whether teachers should be allowed to livestream their lessons to students at home. Without an agreement, a remote option is unlikely. Source: New York Times
For One Rockaways Couple, Lockdown Was a Creative Windfall
By Gotham Rex on January 3, 2022
While many hoped to use the enforced isolation of quarantine creatively, the couple who started Locus of Occult actually did. Source: New York Times
Omicron Surge Strains New York’s Stock of Hotel Rooms for Quarantine
By Gotham Rex on December 31, 2021
People are waiting for rooms for days. At a homeless shelter in Brooklyn, 11 women with Covid were crammed into a single room. Source: New York Times
A Guide to a New Year’s Eve Clouded by Omicron
By Gotham Rex on December 31, 2021
In light of the surge in Covid-19 cases, here’s how to participate in the festivities — and how not to. Source: New York Times
In 2021, New York’s Housing Market Made a Stunning Comeback
By Gotham Rex on December 31, 2021
It’s a trend that will likely continue in 2022, as momentum shifts away from the suburbs and international travel returns — unless new Covid variants interfere. Source: New York Times
A Strong Ending in 2021 for Manhattan’s Luxury Market
By Gotham Rex on December 31, 2021
In the final month of closings, the British racecar driver Lewis Hamilton sold his TriBeCa triplex for $49.5 million. Source: New York Times
Holiday Spirit Glimmers as New York Endures Another Pandemic Christmas
By Gotham Rex on December 24, 2021
Despite a surge in coronavirus cases that dashed plans for travel and celebrations, New Yorkers did what they could to salvage the season. Source: New York Times
Adams Cancels Inauguration Gala in Latest Sign of Omicron Surge
By Gotham Rex on December 21, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio and his successor, Eric Adams, are weighing difficult decisions as the city faces another troubling wave of coronavirus cases. Source: New York Times
Sniffling, Sneezing and Panicking
By Gotham Rex on December 20, 2021
Covid, or just a cold? It’s a quandary for anxious New Yorkers as cold and flu season closes in. Source: New York Times
In One Queens Building, the Third Apartment Is the Charm (for Now)
By Gotham Rex on December 20, 2021
When they needed more space, and then enough room to work at home, they graduated to ever-larger apartments in the same Astoria building. But what comes next? Source: New York Times
As Virus Cases Surge, New Yorkers Feel a Familiar Anxiety
By Gotham Rex on December 16, 2021
Vaccinated residents who had embraced a return to some normalcy are unsettled: “It’s scary — it feels like we’ve been here before.” Source: New York Times
Broadway Is Canceling Shows Due to Positive Covid Tests
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2021
Broadway, where cancellations were once vanishingly rare, has seen a raft of them as positive coronavirus tests among cast and crew members have upended productions. Source: New York Times