The first day of rehearsal for any Broadway show is an exciting time. Everybody involved in the production gathers for a “meet and greet,” the director and the producer outline their vision for the show, photographers snap pictures, reporters get quotes from the stars, there’s a break for snacks, and then work begins as everyone gathers around a table to read the script out loud for the first time.
These days it takes a while to get to that table read. After the meet and greet, there’s coronavirus-protocol training and testing. Then there’s sexual-harassment training, as mandated by New York State. And then there’s equity-diversity-and-inclusion training, which can run from four to eight hours.
