Eleven children and one adult were hurt in an escalator accident at the Gershwin Theatre on Wednesday evening.
It happened at 5:12 p.m. inside the theater on West 51st Street, where “Wicked” is performed in New York City’s Theater District.
Police said the electrical escalator malfunctioned, suddenly jolted, and threw people on it forward. Police sources said it happened after a child’s shoelace got stuck…