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Armie Hammer is stepping down from another project in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct made against him.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentWhile Broadway remains closed, so does the door on Armie Hammer’s career.In light of an LAPD investigation and sexual assault allegations — which Hammer strongly denies — the actor has departed the Broadway play, “The Minutes.”“The Minutes,” a play by Tracy Letts, was originally set to debut in March 2020, but plans were derailed, due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has kept the curtain closed on Broadway, ever since.

Armie Hammer has withdrawn from the planned 2022 Broadway production of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes, producers announced today. The news is the latest hit to Hammer’s career in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations and an LAPD rape investigation.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticSteppenwolf’s Broadway production of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes is exiting the Cort Theatre, its pre-COVID home, with plans to re-open in 2022 at another Broadway venue.The move signals yet another way the pandemic shutdown has impacted Broadway’s shuffle of theater tenants and reopening schedules.The Minutes, a political comedy directed by Anna D. Shapiro and starring Ian Barford, Blair Brown, Cliff Chamberlain, K.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCarrie Coon has spent most of quarantine catching up on classic movies with her husband, playwright and actor Tracy Letts.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorFrench Exit, which stars Michelle Pfieffer and Lucas Hedges and has Tracy Letts voicing a cat named Small Frank, will have its world premiere as the closing night entry in this fall’s New York Film Festival.Film at Lincoln Center hasn’t set final details for the 58th annual edition of the festival, which runs September 25 to October 11.

Dave McNary Film ReporterNetflix is in early negotiations to buy Amy Adams’ thriller “The Woman in the Window” from Disney, sources confirm to Variety.Disney had originally scheduled the movie for Oct. 4, 2019, then delayed the film to May 15, 2020, before taking it off the release schedule amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Broadway revival of American Buffalo, orignally set to star Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell and Darren Criss, and the Steppenwolf production of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes are targeting Spring 2021 openings, though producers say the development of a coronavirus vaccine is “essential” to the plans.Both productions had been scheduled to open during Spring 2020 prior to Broadway’s coronavirus shutdown in March.

Broadway will shut down four to six weeks beginning tonight, due to the coronavirus outbreak, several sources told The Post. In what is the worst crisis the industry has faced since the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, several shows will not be able to recover. “The Minutes,” a new play by Pulitzer-winner Tracy Letts that was to open Sunday night, is likely to close and never return.