Broadway bounces back from pandemic abyss with nearly all 41 theaters open

Broadway is taking it to the house again. Confounding gloomy portrayals of a pandemic-crippled theater industry, all but one of 41 Broadway venues will be open for performances in November — the first month so many have been active since 2018, according to the Broadway League, the industry’s trade organization. And the only dark stage next month won’t be dark for long — the Nederlander on West 41st Street will host “Wicked” star Idina Menzel’s triumphant return to Broadway in “Redwood” in January. Nederlander Organization president Jimmy Nederlander enthused, “Every...