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  • Collection: Theatre in the Time of a Pandemic

An interview with the co-founders of BroadwayHD, a subscription service that brings theatre to fans. They talk about the binge-watching habits of recorded Broadway shows during the time of social distancing.

Audible's Kate Navin on the Williamstown Theater Festival and how they recorded summer season as audio dramas.

Similar to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the 1918 influenza pandemic shut down all entertainment across the U.S., from movie theaters to vaudeville houses.

Despite the influenza pandemic shutting down entertainment across the United States, New York playhouses and movie theatres remained open at the request of the NYC health commissioner to prevent panic.

Throughout history, from Shakespeare to the Marx Brothers, pandemics have interrupted entertainment. While performers and venues had to deal with the economical outcome, traditionally works that were born from the tragedy seldom used the event as…

CBS Sunday Morning video article about the changes that regional theatres and artists made during the COVID-19 pandemic.

PBS NewsHour article on how live theater in Miami, FL has adjusted to performing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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