Museums, theaters and concert halls from Texas to Massachusetts shut their doors on Sunday as a powerful winter storm marched eastward.
At least five of New York’s largest museums were closed on Sunday, when the brunt of the storm was expected to hit the region, including the Frick Collection, the Guggenheim, the Whitney, the Brooklyn Museum and the Studio Museum in Harlem.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art and the American Museum of Natural History remained open.
By Sunday morning, two Broadways shows in New York — “Aladdin” and “The Lion King” had paused performances until Tuesday. And while a handful of Off Broadway shows, including “Heathers: The Musical” and “The Monsters,” also canceled shows, the Broadway League, which represents theater owners, producers and others professionals, said on Saturday that most productions would continue as planned.
The New York Philharmonic rescheduled a show conducted by Gustavo Dudamel at Radio City Music Hall for Tuesday, and the Beacon Theater rescheduled a performance by the comedians Seth Meyers and John Oliver for next month.
In Texas, where tens of thousands of customers had lost power, officials at the Dallas Museum of Art said their institution would be closed for the entire weekend. Similar announcements were made by the Mint Museum Randolph in Charlotte, N.C.; the Columbia Museum of Art in South Carolina; the Carnegie museums in Pittsburgh; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The Smithsonian, which has locations in Washington and New York, said all of its museums, research centers and the National Zoo would be closed on Sunday and Monday.
On Saturday, the Field Museum in Chicago closed because of extreme cold.
Zachary Small contributed reporting.
Derrick Bryson Taylor is a Times reporter covering breaking news in culture and the arts.
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