Hurricane Coming

[Eugene]

Originally Posted by GavinBrown

NYC MTA will stop running saturday at noon...i have a feeling bethel is gonna get cancelled guys

Yes, Team Stevie does have a decision to make here...either Bethel or Boston will be canceled; I don't see how the equipment gets from Bethel to Boston in time for Monday's show.

THIS IS JUST MY SPECULATION-I have no inside knowledge.

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by GavinBrown

NYC MTA will stop running saturday at noon...i have a feeling bethel is gonna get cancelled guys

I have the same feeling too.But we will see.

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by PastelGravel

Love it! Printing out plane tickets right now...fingers and toes crossed....

you can do that online now.Boy I'm not up to the times.Yes
I hope we can get away with having the shows with no Irene.

[SummerlongBoots]

So far, so good.


Performances of all 23 Broadway musicals and plays have been canceled for Saturday and Sunday, producers and theater owners announced late Friday afternoon, in recognition that many actors, crew members, and others face the same transportation and weather concerns as audience members do as Hurricane Irene bears down on the East Coast of the United States.

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• The Dave Matthews Band scrapped plans for its festival on Governors Island over the weekend. The band said on its Web site that ticket holders for Saturday and Sunday could instead attend on Friday. The DMB Caravan event will be rescheduled, but new dates were not announced.

• Organizers have also canceled the Rib Rock Festivals scheduled for Saturday at the Nikon Jones Beach Theater and Sunday at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Newark because of the approaching hurricane. B. B. King, the J. Geils Band and Buddy Guy were to have appeared. Refunds will be given at the points of purchase.

• A Saturday afternoon concert of dance music at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City has also been cancelled due to weather. The Warm Up dance party was to have featured Tanlines, NguzuNguzu and Teengirl Fantasy.

• Also scratched was the Afro-Punk Festival ’11 with Cee Lo Green and Janelle Monáe, which had been scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The increasingly popular Afro-Punk Festival, in its seventh year, was forced to cancel when city officials rescinded all permits for Aug. 27 and 28, according to a statement from event organizers. “The Afro-punk festival has been barred from holding any public assembly in Commodore Barry Park this weekend,” read the statement. “Afro-punk staff have been meeting with officials and sponsors to try and avoid cancellation but have had to cancel this weekend’s festival due to safety concerns.”

• The city postponed the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival that was to be held in Harlem on Saturday and Sunday at Marcus Garvey Park, featuring performers like Toots Thielemans, the harmonica master, and the saxophoists James Carter and Tia Fuller. City officials said they had yet to reschedule the event but would make announcements on the SummerStage Web site.

• SummerStage – the city concert series – also called off a Sunday concert in Central Park that was to have featured Jagged Edge, Avant and Melanie Fiona.

• Children’s events are affected, too. “Tunes With Tina,” a jazz show for families by Tina deVaron at the Bar on Fifth in the Setai Fifth Avenue Hotel, will be canceled this weekend and won’t resume until Sept. 18.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/20...roadway&st=cse

[snicksfan85]

My flight got canceled at noon today so if Bethel is still a go by tomorrow evening, I don't get to go.

[FM77]

Her NY shows seem to be cursed. I live in the West and this hurricane thing seems uh, really overblown. I don't get the panic in NYC.

[mezzoforte]

Originally Posted by FM77

Her NY shows seem to be cursed. I live in the West and this hurricane thing seems uh, really overblown. I don't get the panic in NYC.

Seriously? You do realize parts of the city are very likely going to flood, right?
Public transportation will be shut down. It will be monstrously expensive. There will very likely be loss of life--especially among the homeless population.
I'd say the panic is warranted.

[eric51078]

Please everyone be safe in your travels!

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by FM77

Her NY shows seem to be cursed. I live in the West and this hurricane thing seems uh, really overblown. I don't get the panic in NYC.

Let me guess. You've never been in a hurricane? Lower Manhattan and some parts of the other boroughs are going to flood. A large percentage of the population doesn't own a car, public transit will be closed and as Manhattan is an island either you're gonna need a boat or hopefully you're above the 30 foot storm surge that is predicted. And we haven't even gotten to the winds yet.

Anyhoo... what I came by to say was Irene's eye has reformed. Bummer.

[SaraThePoet]

When is supposed to hit NYC? It is supposed to hit Boston and most of MA Sunday into early Monday..so i have a feeling Boston may be a no go as well..which effing blows...but when it comes down to it..safety first. And also,since she said she is traveling by bus..that effects things too..when the heck is she going to get from Bethel to Boston AND avoid the storm?

[GavinBrown]

My boss and I made a decision not to risk it to hit this show....we are sad, but i am a florida guy and know what a hurricane is like. I also feel a lot of new yorkers are not getting ready for what could be coming...take care of yourselves ledgies!

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by GavinBrown

My boss and I made a decision not to risk it to hit this show....we are sad, but i am a florida guy and know what a hurricane is like. I also feel a lot of new yorkers are not getting ready for what could be coming...take care of yourselves ledgies!

I am going to go to Bethel, but I am also going to spend two nights in Pennsylvania (which seems to be safely out of the "hurricane cone") before heading onto Boston. A side of my brain keeps telling me that this is all overblown and that it's just going to be like nothing more than a bad thunderstorm. But the reality is that it's going to be like a bad thunderstorm... but it lasts 12 hours . No thanks. It's not worth getting trapped in the city for days and/or get my car banged up by a flying "The Learning Annex" pamphlet bin. I am positively spooked by the closure of Broadway. The show must go on. Not even blizzards have closed Broadway. The only other time I remember Broadway shutting down - 9/11.

[DavidMn]

I think as far as Bethel goes, I would bet that it will go off. But I can garauntee you that the powers that be there are going to be monitoring the weather very closely. They don't want a repeat of Indianapolis. And while Bethel is inland, it's the high winds that would probably affect that venue. Boston, in my opinion will be postponed, not cancelled. just a hunch. She could easily fit it in after JB. But here's hoping they all go off as planned.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I am going to go to Bethel, but I am also going to spend two nights in Pennsylvania (which seems to be safely out of the "hurricane cone") before heading onto Boston. A side of my brain keeps telling me that this is all overblown and that it's just going to be like nothing more than a bad thunderstorm. But the reality is that it's going to be like a bad thunderstorm... but it lasts 12 hours . No thanks. It's not worth getting trapped in the city for days and/or get my car banged up by a flying "The Learning Annex" pamphlet bin. I am positively spooked by the closure of Broadway. The show must go on. Not even blizzards have closed Broadway. The only other time I remember Broadway shutting down - 9/11.

That sounds like a good plan. Enjoy the show and stay dry!

[fumidesigns]

It rained in NJ for 15 mins and now the sky is lightening up......