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2020-05-14
"The Show Must Go On...Line" Pioneer Theatre Company
Karen Azenberg introduces this week's theme for The Show Goes On...Line! with the cast of "Music Man." It's a large cast, so hang on! Cast members also give a special shout out to ensemble member Michael McArthur from the 2015 production and went on to appear in TV's Smash, and Fosse/Verdon. Michael passed away this month; he will be terribly missed by all of us. Here to kick things off is none other than Lizzie Klemperer who played "Marian Paroo," performing her tribute to Michael with "I Could Have Danced All Night." -
2020-05-28
Actors Argue About Safety of Return
data does not matching civic leaders decision to admit actors and patrons back into the theatre. It is becoming a hot issue amongst the Performing Arts community -
2020-05-28
Local Actors Disagree on Safety of Return To The Theatre
Local actors are very cautious about returning to the theatre and resuming rehearsals/productions. This particular post shows the distrust of public and civic officials as they are contradicting the data provided. Some are turning against each other because of the differences of opinion and fears based in the conflicting data. Actors have been hit hard by the Pandemic and want to get back to work. Others are more cautious, arguing that the safety of others is more important. -
2020-05-29
COVID-19 rules prompt Utah theater group to perform Shakespeare in the parking garage
"The interactive theater production “Through Yonder Window,” based on “Romeo and Juliet,” produced by the experimental Salt Lake City group SONDERimmersive. Using COVID-19 safety precautions • Audience members must stay in their cars, with windows open a bit, throughout the performance. No restrooms are available. Performers will wear face masks, and stay at least 6 feet apart at all times. Cars will likely come into contact with performers, materials, soap and water." This is how artist are attempting to further their craft and stay alive during a devastating time for their trade. -
2020-05-28
Post COVID Artistic Renaissance
The Arts have suffered heavily during the quarantine. Artists and those who depend on the arts for revenue have been flatlined by the loss of jobs. This is a hopeful reminder of how much our society depends on the arts and its future. -
2020-03-27
Music: A Light During the Pandemic
This entry focuses on the transition to online learning in order to practice social distancing. Prior to the pandemic, I would have to wake up early to go to school. Then, I'd quickly run home after school, so that I would be punctual to my guitar lesson. As the tide has turned, this is no longer my reality. Now, I do online schooling and guitar lessons within the comfort of my own room, at any hour of the day. An hour of light-hearted life chats, bluesy riffs, and all sorts of musical banter relieves my good friend, guitar teacher, and myself of our quarantine blues. This is us, this is our quarantine lyfe. -
2020-05-26
Disclosure quarantine music release
My favourite UK electronic band, Disclosure, released a new single from their forthcoming album "Energy" during lockdown. The track, also called "Energy" is a work of house/electronic music art that reflects the times we are currently facing. It's uplifting, direct, exotic, punchy and a lot of fun to listen to. -
2020-05-20
How Fans Can Support Artists And Music-Industry Workers During The Outbreak
NPR article detailing the struggles artists and performers are having during the COVID crisis. It provides ideas how fans can continue to support and help performers and artists. -
2020-04-10
The Humanities Respond to the Pandemic
Far from sitting on the sidelines and waiting for the world to return to normal--or assume the shape of a new normal--Suffolk writing and theater faculty are using the pandemic as a teachable moment and bringing their varied expertise to bear in the effort to improve society's resilience in the face of the current health crisis -
2020-04-21
Performing Arts Keeps Tradition Alive
For nearly half a century the Suffolk community has gathered to celebrate Suffolk arts and culture with a fun-filled variety show. The show has taken a variety of formats over the year and at one time even featured a baking competition. This year, for the first time ever, SpringFest will be happening in homes around the world. Find out where to tune in for the show at 7 p.m. Friday, April 24. "We made a 'show-must-go-on' decision," said Suffolk Performing Arts Director Kristin Baker. "We reached out to students, faculty, staff, and alumni across the globe, and they have responded to the call. In a lot of ways, this event has showcased who we are at Suffolk, honoring our traditions while being flexible enough to adapt to new circumstances. We are creatively pulling together as a community to support one another." -
05/16/2020
Tkaronto Music Festival goes online amid long weekend ban on large gatherings
"An Indigenous music festival that would have taken place in Toronto during the month of July will be available online everywhere over the May long weekend in Canada." #IndigenousStories -
2020-05-08
Dance group stages massive performance online
“This week hundreds of Indigenous students from across the country would have been taking to a stage in Toronto for a special dance performance. But like just about every other event these days – it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That didn’t stop organizers from Outside Looking In from putting on a once in a lifetime show.” #IndigenousStories -
2020-05-15
My COVID-19 Experience
My name is Kylan Ritchie. I am a fourteen-year-old freshman from a small town near Clarksville, Tennessee. I am homeschooled due to the fact that I am a professional actress. COVID-19 did not have any effect on my school however, it has had a temporary effect on my job. I normally have a summer acting job but, due to COVID-19, I will be spending my summer at home. During my time in quarantine, which started on March 18th, I have learned various things about myself, my friends, and my family. Personally, I have learned that when I set my mind to something, in this circumstance, that was school, I can achieve a lot more than I believed. I learned that I am a procrastinator and that is something that I am attempting to fix. Also, I have learned that I do, in fact, have the mental stability to stay locked away in my house for long periods of time. My situation is different in comparison to my friends because of my father and grandmother. My dad has a heart condition and will be turning sixty this year and consequently, he has a higher chance of getting the virus and it being life threatening. Likewise, my grandmother has severe asthma and has an even higher chance of dying if she were to catch the virus. Because of this, I have been strictly following the Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines to shelter in place as well as the Tennessee government’s stay at home order. Although, it has been fairly difficult because my friends and family have not followed the same guidelines that I have been following. Many of my friends have not been social distancing at all after Tennessee’s government decided to lift its stay at home order. A few of my friends have found that seeing their boyfriends or girlfriends, seeing other friends, or going out to eat is more important than social distancing or quarantining. Some states have begun lifting their stay at home orders and have seen a spike in cases and deaths. In my home state of Tennessee specifically, phase one of reopening has begun. After the reopening began, there was a 130 percent increase in cases in Tennessee. In the U.S. according to recent updates, by May 14, 2020, there has been a total of 1.47 million confirmed cases with 88,144 deaths across the U.S. and it is rising every day. The amount of deaths correlating with COVID-19 has now surpassed the American death toll of both WWI and the Vietnam War. The sad thing is, the death toll and infection rate continues to climb however, many state governments have decided to open everything up once more, massive amounts of citizens are refusing to wear protection while out in public, and violence has begun between mask wearers and non-mask wearers. When we look back in America’s history, we can see how America was able to overcome various epidemics going back to the smallpox breakout from 1633-1634 that killed 70 percent of the Native American population. In the beginning, America never truly quarantined as many families in the 14th century had done during the Black Plague, also known as the Black Death, outbreak. One of the first mentions of quarantine due to an illness in America was during the yellow fever outbreak. After attempting to have state and local governments handle the containment of the illness with zero success, Congress passed the federal quarantine legislation in 1878. This did not conflict with the states’ rights, it showed that the federal government was ready to involve itself in the quarantine activities of America. The legislation gave the Surgeon General the ability to, “[m]ake and enforce such regulations as in his judgment are necessary to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the States or possessions, or from one State or possession into any other State of possession.” Many epidemics in the U.S. such as the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 and the diphtheria epidemic of 1921-1925 have given me hope due to the fact that, in the end, a vaccine was created and licensed in order to lower the chance of America having another wave of that disease. For example, the Spanish flu, though it was horrible, and many people died from it, ended with the very first flu vaccine that would later stop millions of people from being infected. I believe that COVID-19, as of May 15, 2020, is far from over. There are still many waves to come unless people begin to quarantine and take precautions, or a vaccine is created. History shows that, in most cases, it takes a great deal of time to create a vaccine for diseases of this capacity. For this reason, I believe that many government related actions could be taken in order to prevent further spreading of the virus. In the end, I have decided to follow the advice of scientist and doctors who are seeing firsthand, what this virus is made of, what it does to a person’s body, and how it spreads. -
2020-05-12
Bolsonaro's silence on artists' deaths reflects disdain for Brazilian culture
Artists criticise Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, for ignoring the recent deaths of several authors, artists, and actors. Bolsonaro once cited a dictatorship-era torturer as his favourite author. -
2020-05-10
Through Chinese Social Media -- 4
I’m a study-abroad student. Due to the virus, I had to stay at home in New York. I got the update of the virus through Chinese social media, and I think it is really interesting. I’m going to share some posts from Chinese social media about the virus. Those two weeks, China holds an online concert, “Believe in the Future,” steaming on the social media. It is the largest online concert in the Chinese music industry. The concert invited more than hundreds of celebrities to do cloud performance. The goal of the concert is to bring hope and heal the heart. There is no advertising and no copyright, all things free. The following is one recorded part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIeVt0vUpGM -
2020-04-22
Brass Band Plays Outside, New Orleans LA
A brass band plays music in a fenced-off field during the COVID-19 stay-at-home order. -
2020-04-21
Corey Henry Mourns the Passing of Leona Grandison, owner of Candlelight Lounge, New Orleans, LA
In a facebook post, trumpeter and bandleader Corey Henry mourns Leona "Chinee" Grandison, who passed away from COVID-19. Grandison was the owner of Candlelight Lounge and Henry credits her as giving him and his band their first start. -
2020-04-26
Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet Stream Live Performance from Vaughan's Lounge, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans trumpeter and bandleader Corey Henry announces live stream performance by his band Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet from Vaughan's Lounge during COVID-19 stay-at-home-order. -
04/22/2020
Daily Brooklyn Walk #3
An Earth Day walk; a shuttered movie theatre marquee and a cabbage *#fordhamuniversity -
2020-05-04
"Phase 2: First Day at the Park"
As Phase II begins in this lovely sunny day of the late Spring season, in the heart of Italy, Rome, people from all around take their first breaths of fresh air after 2 months of strict quarantine in the biggest park of the city: Villa Pamphili. As I find a large space where dancing respectfully of the social distancing normative is possible, or to simply hear the sound of nature, I acknowledge the beauty of our mother earth, taking a moment to breath in, even if through a face mask, the gifts that she offers us and that are often forgotten about. How wonderful it is to return to this small piece of life. -
2020-05-04
All of Zoom’s a Stage
Shakespeare’s quote, “All the World’s a Stage,” has taken on a new meaning in my life and the lives of other theater artists during this pandemic. Due to the social distancing orders, theater as we know it has come to a halt, causing us creatives to become even more creative with adapting how theater is presented during this time. The very core of the theater is performing on stage, which is impossible to do during this time. What do we do when the shows we are working on get cancelled? How do we continue working on our craft when we cannot be together? How do we continue our professional goals when the very thing that makes up our profession cannot happen? So many more questions just like these have arisen in the theatrical community during this time of extreme uncertainty. We cannot perform on an actual stage, so we have to be creative and make the world our stage. Personally, in order to stay sane, I have been trying to keep myself immersed in theater as much as I can within all these restrictions. This keeps me busy and prevents boredom. Ultimately, it distracts me from the depressing thoughts, such as the feeling of being alone, or the fact that the show I was cast in this semester got cancelled. The more I do theater in any way I can, especially when that theater involves other people, the more these thoughts go away. I started by creating a flexible routine for myself. A routine keeps me busy, but keeping it flexible reduces my everyday stress, even just a little bit. I try to start each day by taking a walk and listening to music or a podcast on spotify. A lot of the time, I end up listening to my favorite Broadway show tunes and practice acting through the song as 1 I walk. Honestly, this gets some weird looks from neighbors, but once I stopped caring about what they think, this turned into one of the most freeing parts of my day! After walking and completing my online homework for the day, I usually practice singing. I’ve been trying to focus on songs that I have fun with, rather than specifically picking out audition pieces, which has surprisingly led to me finding some great audition songs in a no-stress way! After singing, I move onto play readings. I have a goal to read a play every other day, which has been great because I’ve found so many new audition monologues without even looking for them! Whenever I can, I try to read these plays with my friends over Zoom. We each pick a character, and then read the plays aloud together. It’s a great way to keep a sense of community with people who are a thousand miles away from me. One of my favorite experiences during this time has been the Zoom reading with my fellow cast members of the play I was in that got cancelled. I was still disappointed that we won’t be able to perform it in person, but it was so nice to be able to perform it, even though it was over Zoom. It was especially wonderful to get to see friendly faces again, and I absolutely loved the sense of community I felt when working with these talented people. I highly recommend getting a group together and performing over Zoom. The act of creating theater in times like this is so comforting and satisfying, and can provide you with a sense of hope. Times like these can be very discouraging, but I hope that my story shows other theater artists that you can still be creative during a time that seems to stall creativity. Take a deep breath, and go forth and create! -
2020-04-30
Lil Baby - Social Distancing
A song about social distancing *Lil Baby Official 4PF -
2020-04-17
Musicians Discuss Gigs While Social Distancing, New Orleans, LA
Three musicians discuss dwindling gig opportunities while maintaining social distancing in the Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans. -
2020-04-28
Rural county in Utah creates a Facebook page to host a county-wide talent show
As people are confined to their homes amid the pandemic, Tooele County has created a Facebook page for residents to upload videos of themselves doing performances and showing off their talents. -
2020-03-17
F*** the Corona, Gotty Boi Chris, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans bounce artist Gotty Boi Chris released the song "F*** the Corona" in March 2020. Lyrics describe shortages in stores resulting from panic buying due to the stay-at-home order. -
2020-03-16
Corona Clap by Dee-1, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans rapper Dee-1 released the song "Corona Clap," a remix of the New Orleans classic "Nolia Clap" by UTP (rappers Juvenile, Wacko and Skip) in March 2020. Lyrics include references to handwashing, cheap flights, NBA cancellations, school and church closures, and toilet paper shortages. The song includes a sound bite from New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell. -
2020-04-27
Running on Hope
So theatre stopped. Everywhere. Broadway all the way to the community theatre in small towns. Shows that people put there blood, sweat, and tears into were postponed, rescheduled, then finally cancelled. They majority of theatre in the U.S. is community theatre. If a company doesn't put on a show, it could very well put them out of business. It's a business that needs an a crowd. Many companies are planning there upcoming season on hope. Hope that there will be a world to see the art they created. Online major companies have put out previous recorded operas, plays, and concerts in order to keep that spirit of art alive. And it seems to be working, for now. But we are a social species. I don't know if we can handle the separation. I hope we can outlast it. See, we are running on hope. -
2020-04-24
NIVA Campaigns Congress to Give Independent Music Businesses A Lifeline
"The National Independent Venue Association has sent a letter, backed by over 800 venues and promoters, to Congress in an effort to push for federal aid." -
2020-04-09
Suffolk student will direct virtual performance of ‘The Lover’
The Suffolk Journal, Suffolk University's student run newspaper, reports on student life during the pandemic. -
2020-03-20
Suffolk theatre department finds solutions to remote learning challenges
The Suffolk Journal, Suffolk University's student run newspaper, reports on Suffolk's academic decisions during the pandemic. -
2020-04-15
Concert cancellations and postponements
HUM402 A number of concerts, festivals and other forms of entertainment have been cancelled or postponed due to the impact of Covid - 19. This email screenshot from concert organisers, OzTix, shows the cancellation of the Luca Brasi tour, representative of the wider sacrifices made by the entertainment industry during this time of social distancing. -
2020-04-22
Copeland's of New Orleans Offers a Jazz Fest Food Lineup Without the Actual Festival, New Orleans, LA
Copeland's of New Orleans keeps true to Jazz Fest time in New Orleans and offers a full Jazz Fest food lineup. The post offers a link to additional meal options. The restaurant offers 19% of proceeds to the Jazz Fest musicians. -
2020-04-23
"Won't Bow Down NOLA's Healthcare" Poster, New Orleans, LA [Private]
A poster created by a local New Orleans artist Monica Kelly for "Feed the Front Lines NOLA!" a program created by The Red Beans Krewe that hires out-of-work musicians to deliver large orders of food from local restaurants to doctors, nurses, and first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
2020-04-20
Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club Closed, New Orleans, LA
Storefront of Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club. Closed in the face of the pandemic, Sweet Lorraine's offers free meals to unemployed musicians. -
2020-04-20
Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club Closed, Free Meals for Musicians, New Orleans, LA
Animated signage outside of Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club tells the public they are closed due to the pandemic and offering a free meal to musicians once a week. -
04/20/2020
One World Together At Home
Probably most of us saw the propaganda on our social media. The event was co-planned by Lady Gaga in conjunction with WHO and Global Citizen Global Citizens Organization. It aims to help unite and inspire medical personnel in this special period, and to increase support in combating the COVID-19 virus epidemic. There are several world-famous celebrities attend this concert, such as Tylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo, and Celine Dion. Despite those, there are some artists from Asia also involve in this event. The concert will include celebrities’ speech, video recording, and performance. Besides that, every country will share their current situation to the world. Most celebrities use limited resources to do their performance. This is a really amazing moment in a year that everyone is connecting to each other, regardless of where you are. The concert was held remotely, and every celebrity does the performance at home. At this moment, everyone is doing their best to overcome the virus. Most of my friends look forward to this event that shares the moments they love during the concert. I saw some celebrities do the online streaming in their bedroom, with the messy bed as background. Everyone is facing the same situation and have the same goal to make the world back to normal. Together! Stay home! -
2020-04-15
New York Opera Fest
New York Virtual Opera Fest NYOA hosts the annual New York Opera Festival which was originally scheduled for May-June 2020. To help companies navigate the realities of the COVID-19 crisis and also encourage responsible social isolation, NYOA is refocusing the 2020 New York Opera Fest to become the 2020 New York Virtual Opera Fest. -
2020-04-02
DIY Dance Studio
Esther Weber completes a modern dance class over Zoom as they are unable to meet in person. The class meets two times a week, during her normal dance class time. Esther takes the class in the dining room and pushes the table aside to make room. It is an effort to keep some structure and normalcy in her schedule during the pandemic. Esther looks forward to it every week. -
2020-04-17
Bad Actors Drinking Club, New Orleans, LA
Actors staying connected through Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
2020-04-17
California Legislators Amend AB5 Gig Economy Law to Protect Music Professionals
California legislators on Friday (April 17) announced changes to the language of Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), intending to ensure fair treatment for gig economy workers in the music industry without inhibiting their ability to create and collaborate. -
2020-04-16
Music Ally Startup Files: Ampled’s artist-owned ‘relationship platform’
Ampled blends platform familiarity (users of Patreon or Kickstarter will get it immediately) with a punky, ‘zine-like look and feel that reflects its grassroots emphasis. Its own description on its website – “100% owned by artists, workers, and community – not vulture capitalists” – sets out its stall to be additive rather than subtractive for the current music business. -
2020-04-17
What Artists Should Know About the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund
The Recording Academy's philanthropic arm is offering grants to music industry professionals whose livelihood has been affected by the pandemic. MusiCares' COVID-19 Relief Fund is being supported by Spotify through its COVID-19 Music Relief project. Spotify is making a donation to this and all organizations listed, and will match public donations made via the above linked page dollar-for-dollar up to a total Spotify contribution of $10 million. -
2020-04-10
Meals for Musicians, New Orleans, LA
The Howlin' Wolf, Culture Aid NOLA, and New Orleans Musicians' Clinic provide free meals to musicians who are unable to work during COVID-19. -
2020-03-30
Jazz & Heritage Relief Fund, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, the organizer of Jazz Fest, creates a fund to financially support local musicians who have lost income due to COVID-19. -
2020-04-16
Jazz Fest 2020 Cancelled, New Orleans, LA
Jazz Fest, the largest music festival in New Orleans, canceled due to the pandemic. -
2020-03-16
A Letter From Our Team, New Orleans Musicians Clinic and Assistance Foundation
New Orleans Musicians Clinic and Assistance Foundation sent this letter to its supporters at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in New Orleans, LA. New Orleans Musicians Clinic and Assistance Foundation's patient population primarily consists of gigging musicians and performers - an already at-risk population especially affected by the situation the pandemic presents. -
2020-04-02
Legacy Program Emergency Relief Fund, Preservation Hall, New Orleans, LA
The COVID-19 virus has necessitated the closure of Preservation Hall and all music venues in New Orleans for the foreseeable future. Due to these cancellations, our musical collective faces an unprecedented challenge without work, with the growing health risk in New Orleans and indefinite economic uncertainties for all musicians and those tied to the tourism and entertainment industries. To address these challenges, the Preservation Hall Foundation has launched the Legacy Program Emergency Relief Fund to assist our musical collective affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. The Legacy Program Emergency Fund assists the 61 musicians to be used towards medical expenses, lodging, food, and other vital living expenses due to illness or loss of work. While we hope the health risk is short term, the economic impact will have lasting repercussions. Today, we are marshaling all of our resources towards caring for our musical collective and helping them weather this crisis. It's vital that we get resources into their hands immediately in order to meet their critical needs. The mission of the Preservation Hall Foundation is to protect, preserve and perpetuate New Orleans music. None of that would be possible without our cherished collective of musicians who play, teach, create, compose, entertain and enrich our lives on a daily basis. Jazz musicians are experts at improvising. We'll get through this with your help. Please join us in helping our musical collective and ensuring the protection of our vital culture in New Orleans. -
2020-04-16
100 gecs Announce Minecraft Festival With Charli XCX, Kero Kero Bonito, A.G. Cook, & More - Benefit for Feeding America
100 gecs are announcing a Minecraft music festival, because of course they are. The extremely online weirdo-pop duo of Dylan Brady and Laura Les played their first-ever show on Minecraft early last year, and now that all live music is cancelled and people like American Football are headlining virtual concerts in Minecraft, 100 gecs have decided to host a video game fest of their own. Their music festival, Square Garden, is a benefit to raise money for Feeding America. 100 gecs and Charli XCX are co-headlining, and the lineup also includes other collaborators and kindred spirits like Kero Kero Bonito, A.G. Cook, GFOTY, Cashmere Cat, Benny Blanco, Danny L Harle, Dorian Electra, Alice Longyu Gao, Count Baldor, Umru, Tommy Cash, 99Jakes, Alice Gas, Gupi, Fraxiom, and Parry Gripp. -
2020-03-26
Social Distancing Powwow
One example pulled from hundreds of how powwow dancers are dealing with the pandemic by sharing their social distancing powwow videos to stay connected. The gathering of people at powwows may be disrupted, but the chain remains unbroken. #IndigenousStories -
2020-04-14
How to Collaborate on Music—Remotely
With its “Social Distancing Project,” Brooklyn/ New Jersey rock band Long Neck is fighting to keep us connected during the coronavirus pandemic.