Broadway Blackout The Lighter Side. Slave Play on Broadway. 23 West Side Story tellers. #Stageworthy News of the Week.
The Week in New York Theater: Incredibly, the 2019 blackout that shut down the West Side Saturday night and shuttered 26 of 30 Broadway shows -- all but the four that begin with B (Be More Chill, Beetlejuice, Beautiful, and Burn This) -- Â occurred on the 42nd anniversary of the 1977 blackout, and during filming of the musical "In The Heights," in which a blackout triggers much of the action. Also: Frankie and Joh…