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Following Broadway’s lead, New York City will require proof of Covid vaccination for all indoor activities, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. In addition to restaurants and gyms, the new mandate covers indoor entertainment and performances.

end-of-summer Central Park show celebrating New York City’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, comparing the internationally broadcast “concert of a lifetime” to Woodstock.The mostly free Aug.

The full musical line-up for New York City’s big “Homecoming” concert in Central Park this August was announced today by recording mogul Clive Davis and Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorClive Davis and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the artists who will be joining Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Jennifer Hudson at the New York City “homecoming concert” in New York’s Central Park on August 21: Andrea Bocelli, LL Cool J, Kane Brown, Elvis Costello, Earth, Wind and Fire, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Cynthia Erivo, Jimmy Fallon, Wyclef Jean, Journey, the Killers, Gayle King, Don Lemon, Barry Manilow, Polo G, Patti Smith, Rob Thomas with

Macy’s famous Fourth of July fireworks are set to air live from New York City tonight, and as part of the celebration, the chain department store has enlisted some famous entertainers to take the stage as part of the big event!

Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Jennifer Hudson will headline a “homecoming” concert at Central Park in New York sometime this summer.Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed the three headliners during a video press conference yesterday (July 1), announcing the event as part of a week-long celebration of the city’s reopening.

Ethan Shanfeld Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Jennifer Hudson are among the first batch of artists announced to headline the New York City “homecoming concert” in New York’s Central Park this summer.While the concert, taking place on the park’s Great Lawn as part of a weeklong celebration of the city’s reopening, was provisionally scheduled for Aug.

homecoming concert” in the iconic Manhattan green space will be headlined by Bruce Springsteen, Queens native and “American legend” Paul Simon and award-winning singer and former “American Idol” Jennifer Hudson, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday. “It’s going to be one of the greatest Central Park concerts in history.

Clive Davis has snagged Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon as headliners for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s post-COVID Central Park concert, Page Six has learned. "Bruce will do a duet with Patti Smith," an insider added, "Jennifer Hudson is also slated [to hit the stage]." The concert — which is intended to celebrate New York City’s revival after the COVID-19 lockdowns — is set to take place on the Great Lawn on Aug.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Caroline Hirsch, the founder and owner of the New York Comedy Festival, Tuesday announced the event’s return November 8-14.

Anna Tingley All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Broadway is back, baby!Well, maybe not quite yet.

Madison Square Garden and Carnegie Hall, two of New York’s most iconic venues, announced their reopening plans today as the city continues its climb out of the pandemic shutdown era. Leading the charge will be band Foo Fighters, with a June 20 concert that marks MSG’s return as a full-capacity arena rock venue.

coronavirus pandemic, the city’s mayor Bill de Blasio has announced.No artists have yet been announced for the show, which has a tentative date of August 21 and the working title ‘The Official NYC Homecoming Concert in Central Park,’ however renowned music industry executive Clive Davis has been put in charge.Over the course of a five decade career, Davis has worked with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd and Whitney Houston.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has called on music producer Clive Davis to line up a roster of stars for a major concert on the Great Lawn in August to celebrate the city’s reopening.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTo celebrate New York’s apparent reopening, Mayor Bill de Blasio is planning a large-scale performance by multiple acts in Central Park and is working with veteran producer and executive Clive Davis to help organize the talent, according to a report Monday in the New York Times.No acts have been confirmed for the show, which is tentatively set for Aug.

users and New York tabloids like the New York Post thought it was. While observers wrote that the scene was unnerving and disturbing, de Blasio leaned into the performance.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterJoseph Masher, a New York-based movie theater operator, understands that audiences may be reluctant to return to the movies.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNew York City is aiming to fully reopen on July 1, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio, nearly a year-and-a-half after COVID-19 restrictions on movie theaters, restaurants and most businesses were put in place.“Our plan is to fully reopen New York City on July 1,” de Blasio said Thursday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said today that he expects the city to be back “full strength” from the yearlong Covid shutdown in July – not including Broadway.

coronavirus vaccination sites run by New York City, including its newest and maybe coolest location: beneath the giant blue whale at the Museum of Natural History.Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday that the city will now be accepting walk-ins at off its vaccination sites.“You can just walk up and get vaccinated,” he said.That includes at the museum's Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, dominated by a 94-foot-long (28.5-meter-long) model of a blue whale that appears to float through the air.

Lin-Manuel Miranda takes to a podium to speak at the grand opening of a new COVID-19 Vaccination Site in the Broadway Theatre District of New York City on Monday (April 12).

The Times Square coronavirus vaccination site serving the Broadway theater industry opened today with an open invitation to the city’s film and television workers as well.

Broadway, an industry hit hard by the ongoing pandemic, is eyeing a comeback. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the first steps for the city's theater community to reopen, outlining a long-lead safety plan ahead of an eyed return come September.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNew York City is taking steps to revive the theater industry, a sector of the city that has been shuttered for more than a year due to the pandemic.Those efforts, Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed during a press conference on Thursday, include a dedicated COVID-19 vaccination site on Broadway for theater industry workers.

About 80,000 New York City employees will return to their offices on May 3, in a move Mayor Bill De Blasio called a “powerful message” about the city’s post-Covid-19 comeback.

17-minute-long speech, including his attempt to mock safety protocols related to masking amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Cruz focused his remarks around COVID-19 on the shutdowns imposed by larger states like California and New York, expressing skepticism about actions taken to shut down public parks or limit the numbers of people allowed to attend religious services at churches and synagogues.“We see Bill de Blasio in New York sending people in to shut down parks, and to throw young Orthodox Jewish