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Several Off Broadway venues are also suspending performances.
The Public Theater has announced plans to cancel all events and performances through April 12.
The Tonys are yet to make a statement, but this suspension will inevitably change that timeline.
I dont want to see Broadway go dark if we can avoid it, de Blasio said.
I want to see if we can strike some kind of balance.
If we cannot strike that balance, of course, we can go to closure.
The lower ticket prices went into effect noon today.
New York theaters audiences tend to be older than the average, and thus disproportionally at risk.
Similarly, Actors Equity put out a statement criticizing de Blasios response for putting performers at risk.
Producers werent likely to get insuranceto cover the cost of closingshows without the government forcing a closure.
This is a developing story.
