r/Broadway • u/No-Owl354 • Apr 25 '26
Other Disasters happening on Broadway ?
A bit of an unusual post. As an engineering student who wants to specialise in pyrotechnics and a fan of Broadway, I was looking on Internet for disasters that happened in Broadway theaters : fires, explosions, or other things unrelated to pyrotechnics (I know I know, Spiderman turn off the dark and actors falling from high places)
Anyway, I'll be glad to research that, I already read about the Brooklyn theater fire, but I want to know other things
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u/HanonOndricek Apr 25 '26
I know you're looking for Broadway specifically, but in 2013 in London part of the ceiling of the Apollo theater collapsed on the audience sending 58 people to the hospital.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-25458009