Many Broadway Shows to Forego Sept. 11, 2002, Performances

The horrendous events of Sept. 11, 2001, led Broadway producers to cancel performances of their shows for that evening. On this year's first anniversary of the terrorist attacks, many of those same productions, as well as some new ones, will voluntarily go dark.

Because the date falls on a Wednesday this year, that will mean matinees as well as evening shows will be eliminated.

Many of the Broadway shows will schedule performances on another day to make up for the lost show. In addition, several Off-Broadway shows will be dark on Sept. 11. The following Broadway productions will not perform on Sept. 11 (list subject to change as the date approaches):

Show	Sept. 11/02	Perfs Added
42nd Street	Dark	Monday 9/9: 8pm
Aida	Dark	Monday 9/9: 8pm, Sunday 9/15: 7:30pm
Beauty & Beast	Dark	Monday 9/9: 8pm, Tuesday 9/10: 8pm
Boys From Syracuse	Dark	Thursday 9/12: 2pm, Sunday 9/15: 7:30pm
Chicago	Dark	Monday 9/9: 8pm
Frankie and Johnny	Dark	Monday 9/9: 8pm, Sunday 9/15: 8pm
The Graduate	2pm canceled
Into the Woods	Dark	Monday 9/9: 8pm
Les Miserables	Dark	Sunday 9/15: 3pm, 8pm
The Lion King	Dark	Tuesday 9/10: 8pm, Thursday 9/12: 2pm
Mamma Mia!	Dark	Monday 9/9: 8pm, Sunday 9/15: 8pm
Noises Off	Dark
Oklahoma!	Dark	(start of fall schedule)
The Phantom of the Opera	Dark	Sunday 9/15: 3pm, 8pm
Rent	Dark
Urinetown	Dark	Monday 9/9: 8pm

Press spokesman Chris Boneau, whose firm Boneau/Bryan-Brown represents the Disney shows, as well as Frankie and Johnny, Cabaret, Urinetown, 42nd Street and Mamma Mia!, said "All of them are doing it out or respect. From the Disney standpoint, the move is in anticipation of memorials and events that will likely happen on that day." Another reason fueling producers' decision to shut their doors on Sept. 11 may be the fact that few tickets are reportedly being sold for performances on that date.

— By Robert Simonson
and David Gewirtzman

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