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You Can't Stop the Beat - Hairspray Finale Spectacular
HAIRSPRAY alumni from numerous productions, along with other professional theater, film and television performers came together to perform You Can’t Stop The Beat! to benefit The Actors Fund COVID-19 Emergency Financial Assistance program.
Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors
From website: Along the treacherous Borgo Pass In the mountains of Transylvania, a meek English real estate agent is on a harrowing journey to meet a new and mysterious client…who also just happens to be the most terrifying and ferocious monster…
Performing Original Works in a Pandemic, Artists Turn to New Tools
A look at some of the pieces of theater, improvisation, and radio drama being created in a world under quarantine.
‘All Arts Organizations Are Media Companies Now’: How the Pandemic Is Transforming Theater
A summary of how different theatres and performers have continued to create and share their works during the pandemic. From streaming recorded and live shows, to creating audio podcasts, to Twitch live-streaming a performance within a Sims video…
‘Godspell’ in 2020: Masks, Partitions and a Contactless Crucifixion
As the first professional musical staged in the United States since theater shut down, it is also a de facto public health experiment. This article describes the health steps taken and the impact on those involved.
When Broadway comes back: 5 ways the pandemic will transform the live theater industry
A look at five ways the pandemic will transform the live theater industry.
Shakespeare Wrote His Best Works During a Plague
The qualities for which live theater is celebrated—audiences responding with laughter, tears, gasps, and coughs—accelerate its danger. But the Broadway shutdown could be good for plays. This articles looks at how the bubonic plague affected…