TRACES & MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Cancel Weekend Performances

As previously reported, Hurricane Irene is heading to the East Coast this weekend, predicted to hit New York City hard beginning Saturday night, August 27, going into Sunday, August 28. Now declared a Category 2 hurricane further south in Virginia and the Carolinas, the storm is expected to weaken to a Category 1 by the time it hits the New York City area, with winds up to 90 mph. New York City is among the areas expected to experience the worst conditions on the norther east coast this weekend. Mayor Bloomberg has already ordered the evacuation of several hospital and nursing home facilities in the lower lying areas of the city downtown, and the evacuation of additional areas of Brooklyn and Staten Island are likely. All public transportation will be shut down in and our of New York tomorrow at 12:00pm, including the NYC Subway lines and buses.

The off-Broadway productions of Million Dollar Quartet and Traces have cancelled weekend performances due to the impending weather conditions. 

According to weather.com, the predicted weekend forecast for the tristate area New York is as follows:

"Rain and wind will begin to pick up in eastern Virginia late tonight and on Saturday and then up to MD, DE, and souther NJ Saturday. Hurricane conditions possible along the coast, with tropical storm conditions possible as far inland as I-95.

Hurricane conditions are likely on Saturday night for the Delmarva Peninsula, NJ and even extreme southeast PA Saturday night. Inland sections from Baltimore and DC to eastern PA can expect tropical storm conditions and heavy rain.

The New York metropolitan area will experience the worst conditions later Saturday night and Sunday with hurricane conditions possible along with destructive wind, heavy flooding rain, and storm surge with coastal flooding. Tropical storm conditions expected western NJ and the upstate of NY up the Hudson River Valley.