Another big sign that New York is returning to normal. The production of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has already announced that it will return with an audience in the studios of the historic Ed Sullivan Theater in Midtown Manhattan on June 14. Tickets for the show taping are already sold out until July 1st.
On March 12, 2020, CBS, the television network that broadcasts the program, announced the suspension of the filming of the network shows, due to the lockdown imposed by health authorities in order to prevent the transmission of the new coronavirus.
This was one of the signs of how life in the city would be transformed in the months that followed. A few days later, the TV shows that typically had an audience, started their productions remotely.
Now, the return to production with an audience is another sign that New York is returning to normal. The news that the public will return to the studios was well received by Mayor Bill de Blasio at his press conference on May 24, Monday:
“A full audience of vaccinated folks will soon enjoying one of the best comedians of our time. There is no stopping New York. There is no stopping Stephen Colbert, ”said de Blasio.
For the 400 seats in the audience to be filled, participants will need to provide evidence that they are fully vaccinated. Being fully vaccinated means that the person received the second dose 2 or more weeks before.
In his program on Monday, May 24, Stephen Colbert joked that vaccines at Ed Sullivan Theater, where the show is taped, have been required since 1964, since the Beatllemania outbreak, in reference to the historic performance of The Beatles in this theater . In the same show, the host received his first guest in person, actor John Krasinski, who promoted his new film, A Quite Place Part II.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert is not the only show to return with an audience at full capacity. Last Saturday, Saturday Night Live aired its season finale with a full audience of vaccinated people. The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, who has already brought a small audience to NBC studios, also has plans to bring a full audience back, but with no set date yet.