Broadway’s biggest hits reopen to massive standing ovations and jubilation
nypost.comWicked,” “The Lion King, and “Hamilton” making their 2021 debuts — and theater fans could hardly contain their excitement.Playgoers who attended “Hamilton” at the Richard Rodgers bathed actors in applause during the Revolutionary War-era drama’s first staging in 18 months.The fanfare erupted before the curtains opened, as writer Lin Manuel Miranda addressed the pandemic weary capacity crowd.“It took six years the first time [to bring it to stage],” Miranda said. “Glad it wasn’t six years to come back.”“I will never take live theater for granted ever again,” Miranda told the masked and vaccinated crowd.When the curtain was drawn, the crowd enthusiastically applauded every actor, and gave titular character Miguel Cervantes a 3-minute standing.
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