Back in October, The New York Times spoke to an SNL audience member about their experience watching the show as a paid audience member.
A live audience can be “no more than 100 individuals or 25 percent of the audience capacity, whichever is lower”.
As a reminder, New York State Department of Health Covid guidelines say that shows with live audiences “must prohibit live audiences unless they consist only of paid employees, cast, and crew”.
“NEW: If after 5 days a region’s hospital rate has not stabilized, indoor dining will close or be reduced.