The Broadway production of Martin McDonagh’s new comedy 'Hangmen' will not resume performances when the coronavirus shutdown is lifted
‘ Mark Addy, said today that they do not “have the economic resources” to reopen.
In a statement, producers Robert Fox, Jean Doumanian, Elizabeth I. McCann and Craig Balsam said, “Because of the current health crisis which has created circumstances beyond our control, it is with deep regret that we are not able to resume performances of. With no definite end in sight of the government’s closure and Broadway’s suspension, we have no alternative but to release the actors from their contracts and close the production.
The decision marks Broadway’s first permanent closure since the March 12 four-week shutdown was announced. The Broadway League, the trade organization representing producers and theater owners, is considering extending the shutdown to eight weeks in accordance with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, but no decision has been announced.
The Broadway production was to have starred Stevens, Mark Addy, Tracie Bennett, Ewen Bremner, Owen Campbell, Jeremy Crutchley, Gaby French, Josh Goulding, John Hodgkinson, Richard Hollis, John Horton and Ryan Pope.opposite Jessica Chastain. He was to have played Mooney, a mysterious newcomer to the Northern England pub where Harry holds court as one of England’s last executioners. The play is set in 1965, after hanging has been abolished in England.
Hangmen would have been McDonagh’s seventh Broadway production, and his first since directing the Oscar-nominated filmTickets will be automatically refunded for purchasers who bought tickets with a credit card from Telecharge, TKTS, TDF or at the Golden Theatre box office.
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