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When Will We Want to Be in a Room Full of Strangers Again? Theater, an industry full of optimists, is reckoning with a heartbreaking realization.

Title (Dublin Core)

When Will We Want to Be in a Room Full of Strangers Again? Theater, an industry full of optimists, is reckoning with a heartbreaking realization.

Description (Dublin Core)

In this article written for the Atlantic on May 12, 2020- Helen Lewis writes, "As a live art form, theater is particularly affected by the coronavirus, along with concerts and stand-up comedy performances. As I talked with writers, directors, and producers, the same refrain recurred: When will anyone want to be in a dark room full of strangers again? Many of those I spoke with were quietly updating their scenario-planning documents to account for a return next spring, and warned that, without a bailout, that long of a shutdown would financially cripple some institutions. Even when theaters reopen, social-distancing rules could hamper rehearsals, and force venues to sell fewer (and therefore more expensive) tickets. Most believe theater will eventually rebound, but there is talk of a generation of artists and audiences being lost."
The effects that COVID-19 will have on the performing arts industry are innumerable but elusive to define. We know things will change, but how and to what extent remains to be seen.

Date (Dublin Core)

May 12, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Helen Lewis

Contributor (Dublin Core)

J. Michael Bailey

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/05/theater-survive-coronavirus-art-west-end-broadway/611338/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share&fbclid=IwAR35YadbovpXJmrdXmQupB1uM8PMvqg_mbhesDYj_s4EodqnisXVuzScBp0
https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/05/theater-survive-coronavirus-art-west-end-broadway/611338/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share&fbclid=IwAR35YadbovpXJmrdXmQupB1uM8PMvqg_mbhesDYj_s4EodqnisXVuzScBp0

Source (Dublin Core)

The Atlantic

Publisher (Dublin Core)

The Atlantic

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Entertainment: Movies, Theater, etc.
English Art & Design
English Economy
English Social Distance

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

theater
closure
stage
live
artist

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

inevitable
theatre
closure
pandemic
fear
social distancing
performing arts

Collection (Dublin Core)

Performing Arts

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Vice President Mike Pence tours Mayo Clinic without coronavirus mask even though he was told to wear one
HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

06/14/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

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Date Created (Dublin Core)

05/12/2020

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Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on June 14, 2020 by J. Michael Bailey using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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