The Group Portrait: Rockettes, Spectacular-less

For the first time since its inception in 1933, there will be no Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall.

- By Matthew Schneier

For a New York holiday season, this is akin to Santa himself taking the year off. He works hard, but the Rockettes work harder: 300 kicks per show, up to four shows a day—after six weeks of rehearsal, six days a week, for six hours a day. Those were the days before covid-19 shut down Radio City. The usual 80-woman company has not been hired th