Broadway theaters attack virus: ‘This is absolutely doable’

THERE’S a woman who has seen the play “Pass Over” multiple times in just a few days. She sat with the audience one night, returned another day to stand at the back of the theater and once stayed backstage for an entire performance.

She’s not exactly a super fan. Don’t get her wrong, Dr. Blythe Adamson loves the play. But she was searching for something more than a jolt of live theater — ways to lower the risks of COVID-19 transmission.

Adamson is tasked with making the August Wilson Theatre safer on both sides of the stage.

She has climbed onto the roof to inspect the new HVAC ventilation system that brings in fresh air and put portable air filters around the building.

She has talked to stage managers to understand the movement of people backstage and hung out in the lobby during shows to look for chokepoints. She once