Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections Disrupt ‘Aladdin’ Reopening, In-person Harvard Classes

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is prepared for administration at a vaccination clinic on Sept. 22, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Breakthrough COVID-19 infections canceled a Broadway performance of “Aladdin” a day after it reopened for the first time in more than a year due to the pandemic.

Producers of the Disney-backed performance told the audience at 7 p.m. on Wednesday that its testing protocols detected CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus cases at The New Amsterdam Theatre in Manhattan.