Many major West End productions are staying closed. Hamilton, Les Miserables, Mary Poppins and The Phantom Of The Opera will not return to the West End until 2021, British theater producer Cameron Mackintosh confirmed on Wednesday (June 17).
He said in a statement, via London’s Evening Standard, that he’s been “forced…to take drastic steps” amid the pandemic and government regulations about reopening, saying the shows will only open “as early as practical in 2021.” “This decision is heart-breaking for me, as I am sure it is for my employees, as everyone who has worked with me over the last 50 years, on or off the stage, knows how much I care about what I do and how I do it,” he said. “Despite the Government engaging with the desperate