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Collected Item: “The Show that Almost Was”

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The Show that Almost Was

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Online Newspaper Article, Youtube Video

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

After Susanville's Best of Broadway show was cancelled just a day before its opening night, Susanville's local online news editor Jeremy Couso reached out to the Best of Board members to see if he could publish an article about our show, the show that never happened. He and his wife attends the performance for a media night and he happened to have a video of the show. For a small production, the youtube video of the performance has had just under 900 views as of October 9th, 2021. I directed Wizard of Oz with a dear friend of mine, in a one year shot to direct. Watching the video of the show that didn't happen is honestly very sad and hard to do. We become family with the cast and to not reach the finale is painful. But the show must go on, and in 2022, Best of Broadway will take the stage again.

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#performingarts #cancellations #ruralcommunity #bestofbroadway #covid19

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https://www.susanvillestuff.com/the-show-that-almost-was-our-susanvillestuff-best-of-broadway-rehearsal-video/

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Jeremy Couso, editor for SusanvilleStuff.com

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2020-03-18
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