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All Broadway shows on Saturday shutter as snow builds in NYC

Anthony Pino, right, pulls Simone, 2, right, and Serena, 5, center, with their friend Annabelle Hussian, on a sled along Broad Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange as Lissa Hussian follows along during a snow storm, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Anthony Pino, right, pulls Simone, 2, right, and Serena, 5, center, with their friend Annabelle Hussian, on a sled along Broad Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange as Lissa Hussian follows along during a snow storm, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Anthony Pino, right, pulls Simone, 2, right, and Serena, 5, center, with their friend Annabelle Hussian, on a sled along Broad Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange as Lissa Hussian follows along during a snow storm, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

By Associated Press 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – All Broadway shows – both matinees and evening performances – were cancelled Saturday after New York state officials declared a weather emergency.

A ban on travel in New York and the suspension of public transportation forced Broadway producers and theater owners to pull the plug.

Charlotte St. Martin – president of The Broadway League, which represents producers- says: “We expect normal operations to resume for tomorrow’s Sunday matinees.”

The storm didn’t stop the inaugural three-day BroadwayCon – sort of like a Comic Con for thespians – at a midtown hotel.

Further north, a Rita Moreno concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center was canceled.

The last time Broadway took a big weather hit was Superstorm Sandy in 2012. It darkened Broadway for four days and cost more than $8.5 million in lost revenue.