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With playhouses closed, smaller theatre companies pivoting to include their live audiences into the streaming performance by using Zoom voting, live messaging, or sending a "mystery box" to household ticket holders ahead of scheduled online shows.

Unlike with the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1918 influenza pandemic was seen as a short-term inconvenience. The musical culture returned to normal when theatres and music halls reopened in 1919. That was not the same for music performers who often lost…

With performance venues closed, theatre companies are shifting to video calls, YouTube and Facebook to continue performing. '24 Hour Plays' events, where monologues and short scenes are written, rehearsed, and performed within 24 hours, challenge…

Attending A Christmas Carol is a common family tradition and a financial lifeline for theatres between Thanksgiving through Christmas.  In 2020, theatre companies are recreating productions to keep patrons engaged and safe.

Nonprofits from around the country plan to commission works of no longer than 10 minutes that can be read or performed by people sheltering in place.

A look at how previous pandemics and plagues affected theatre at the time.

Seize the Show is the creation of producer David Carpenter. Reminiscent of each Jackbox Party Pack, video games, and Choose-Your-Own-Adventure, the game show is an interactive experience where each audience member is assigned a role, and together…

A fiction audio drama about an old watering hole is the unsettling setting for a grisly tale of two pandemics. The first in the series 1918/2020.

An interview with Director Lileana Blain-Cruz and producer Jim Glaub on “The Baltimore Waltz” and why virtual theater is a lot more complicated than it looks.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced theatre companies to adjust their contingency plans by substituting productions for ones with smaller casts that a can be recorded or performed on Zoom.