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Omicron hampers Broadway. Fewer tourists are there for just a score of shows

Mrs. Doubtfire is one of the Broadway shows that reopened but then had to shut down for a while after cases of COVID spread among cast and crew. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images hide caption

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Omicron hampers Broadway. Fewer tourists are there for just a score of shows

Tickets may be easier and cheaper to get for the plays that are still open. Some producers reopened until the virus raced through the cast and crew. Future productions are hard to see on the horizon.

Omicron hampers Broadway. Fewer tourists are there for just a score of shows

Mrs. Doubtfire is one of the Broadway shows that reopened but then had to shut down for a while after cases of COVID spread among cast and crew. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images hide caption

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Theater

Omicron hampers Broadway. Fewer tourists are there for just a score of shows

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Omicron hampers Broadway. Fewer tourists are there for just a score of shows

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