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Theaters may be dark, but theater-makers are still finding ways to dazzle you
The COVID-19 pandemic has focused smaller theatre companies to rethink their productions and technical requirements. Performing live online with interactive features has opened opportunities to invite a national audience since the Web doesn't…
Scenes of Resilience: How Theatres Drive Culture During the Pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic shut their venues down, both the Teatro Colón in Argentina and the Municipal Theatre in Chile moved to hold live weekly broadcasts. Each venue Director discussions the risks, challenges, and rewards their institutions…
Immersive Theatre in the Time of Coronavirus
Immersive theatre doesn’t lend itself well to social distancing. Four immersive performing arts companies from around the U.S. describe their processes for reconceiving how to produce works during a pandemic.
Wait…this opera’s in a parking garage?
The Lyric Opera of Chicago describes their immersive drive-thru production performed in a parking garage.
The greatest plays in the English language were written during a pandemic — and wouldn't have been possible without it
The Black Plague closed theatres for three periods from 1592-1609, forever altering the future of theatre and performers. This article highlights some lessons that we can learn from Shakespeare about how he was able to take advantage of those…
En cada cosa que hago
Members of the Ballet de Santiago express their emotions and daily activities during their 2020 COVID-19 quarantine.
NABUCCO | VERDI | OBERTURA * Asoc. de Prof. de la Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón
The Stable Orchestra gives a performance from their homes from Nabucco, an opera production that was shut down when the COVID-19 pandemic began.
70 West End stars perform Les Misérables’ Do You Hear The People Sing
With the theatres shutdown because of COVID-19, seventy performers from England's West End sing Les Misérables’ Do You Hear The People Sing through Zoom.
Ballet connects dancers in lockdown - Dutch National Ballet
Dancer and choreographer Milena Sidorova created this choreography inspired by the global lock down due to the corona virus. Together with the other dancers from Dutch National Ballet she presents her choreography 'Hold on' to the song from the Dutch…
A Chorus Line In Quarantine
From YouTube: What started out as a fun project during the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic quarantine on our private Facebook group evolved into something emotional, nostalgic, and uniquely unifying amidst a very dark and isolated period in humanity. Now,…