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What major U.S. historical event caused theatres in New York to shut down?

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Retry Correct Incorrect During the Revolutionary War, New York shut down its theaters, with patrons having to wait 15 years before they could see live theater again. Broadway reopened its doors in 1798.
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Getty Images/ Irving Browning/The New York Historical Society

What major U.S. historical event caused theatres in New York to shut down?

  • WWII
  • Boston Tea Party
  • The War of 1812
  • The Revolutionary War
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