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Everything You Need To Know About The Return On Broadway · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Broadway was one of
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Speaker 1: the hardest hit sectors of the entertainment industry from the pandemic,
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Speaker 1: since its entire business model relies on getting people into
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Speaker 1: seats and doors have now been closed for over a
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Speaker 1: year now, but thankfully they're finally set to reopen in
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Speaker 1: several shows. Three the biggest musicals in town in history,
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Speaker 1: Hamilton's Wicked, The Lion King all announced opening officially September fourteen.
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Speaker 1: Dozens more shows will open after that in the following
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Speaker 1: weeks and months, putting thousands of actors and musicians crews
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Speaker 1: back to work. Actor el Steven Taylor, who plays Raffici
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Speaker 1: de Mandril in the Lion King musical, can't wait for
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Speaker 1: the opening and a pivotal early moment for his character,
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Speaker 1: telling g M. A. Rafiki's opening call is really a
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Speaker 1: call for his community to come back together, and I
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Speaker 1: feel like it's symbolic of Broadway coming back. It's really
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Speaker 1: our community coming back and making New York start to
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Speaker 1: go again. That's direct from Hollywood.