Susan Sampliner has been the company manager for Wicked since it first opened on Broadway in 2003. We met the challenge head-on, and the result is that we have some unbelievably talented people from the theater community working to get their peers vaccinated so we can all enjoy the magic of Broadway again." "At ATC, our forte is top-tier medical services solutions – wrangling theater workers is a challenge we hadn't encountered before. "Being able to fill 100% of the non-clinical jobs at the Times Square site is something really special," said Jordan Savitsky, president of ATC Healthcare's vaccine division. The theater workers' unions will push their members to the vaccine site as the industry eyes a speedy reopening. ATC Healthcare Services has hired at least 80 laid-off Broadway workers in to staff the clinic in administrative support roles, while clinical staff administer the shots. will deliver up to 1,500 vaccine doses per day over the coming months. At full operating capacity, the pop-up clinic will deliver up to 1,500 vaccine doses per day over the coming months.NEW YORK, Ap/PRNewswire/ - ATC Healthcare Services announced it has launched a pop-up vaccine clinic in Times Square, aimed at getting Broadway theater workers vaccinated in an attempt to revive the world-class theater industry that has been shuttered since the onset of the pandemic more than a year ago.Īt full operating capacity, the pop-up clinic located at the intersection of 47 th St. ATC Healthcare Services has hired more than 80 laid-off Broadway workers to staff the vaccination clinic in administrative support roles, while clinical staff administer the shots. The sites are being staffed by theater workers, many of whom lost their jobs when Broadway went dark on March 12, 2020. “It’s time to raise the curtain and bring Broadway back.” In addition to the Broadway vaccination site, located at 20 Times Square in the former home of the NFL Experience attraction, the city will use a mobile vaccination unit for Off Broadway theater employees, and establish pop-up testing sites near Broadway venues. “This is going to be a year to turn things around,” de Blasio said on March 25. Last month, the mayor announced that the Broadway Covid-19 vaccination site reserved for theater industry workers as part of a city drive to get the theater industry back on stage by September. Vaccinations will play a key role and we want to make that easy.” We want to make sure that the film and tv industry comes back stronger all the time. “We want the film and tv community to be part of our vaccination effort as well,” de Blasio said, “so we welcome them to join the vaccination center in Times Square.
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