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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Braodway is also still requiring masks.[/b]  Theater got really hard hit and it closes down a show quickly when performers get sick.  Plus you are sitting there for hours in close quarters.  I'm glad people wear masks.  I just don't see how it's a big deal and I have massive asthma -- I can't wear them when walking outdoors or excercising, so I think I'm on the sensitive side, but sitting in an air conditioned theater is totally fine.  My kids are also all fine with it.  This just seems like such a non-issue and if it helps keep the theaters open, then great.[/quote]

I keep reading this hear, but everything I can find online says Broadway went mask-optional back in July.  Is this not the case?[/quote]

Broadway is not requiring masks.  I saw a show on Broadway in Aug. and masks were not required.  Someone keeps posting this but they are wrong.  [/quote]

Broadway in NYC required masks until July 2022

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Yes, which was [checks calendar] in the past.  This is now.  In the present we're asking why the Kennedy Center still requires them.[/quote]

DP, not the one to whom you're responding, but: Last night I was online getting tickets for a production in November at another venue. Not the KC, not even in DC (in NY but not Broadway). And there was a crystal clear, boxed notice on the website saying: "We require audience members to wear masks so that actors can perform unmasked."

You can ask all day and all night "why the KC still requires them" and you can argue forever about Covid rates, mask efficacy etc. etc., But at a certain point you either adhere to the venue's rules and go enjoy the performance masked or you do not choose to buy tickets. These venues do not owe you an exception to the rule, and most venues and theater companies that are still requiring masks are saying it's to reduce actors' exposures. Even if you don't buy that  reason or no longer "believe" Covid is a thing, it's a waste of your time to keep asking why and arguing about it. Find another entertainment that lets you go unmasked. Theaters can set their own rules for attendance. [/quote]

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