EASL Theater News for the Week of September 25, 2020

By Bennett Liebman

Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave her life to the country -- and her heart to the performing arts

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/ruth-bader-ginsburg-love-of-washington-thyeater/2020/09/19/161cf53e-fa85-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html

Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by Edward Gero

https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2020/09/19/remembering-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-by-edward-gero/

Ruth Bader Ginsberg Loved The Arts. Artists Respond to Her Death With Love, Fear, Anger and Action

https://newyorktheater.me/2020/09/19/ruth-bader-ginsberg-loved-the-arts-artists-respond-to-her-death-with-love-fear-anger-and-action/

Proposed NYC Legislation Could Create More Outdoor Performance Opportunities, Alleviate Roadblocks

https://www.playbill.com/article/proposed-nyc-legislation-could-create-more-outdoor-performance-opportunities-alleviate-roadblocks

The Government seems brazenly willing to discard Britain's mental health, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/government-has-brazenly-announced-willingness-discard-mental/

Theatre in crisis: 'British culture is world-beating - why leave us behind?' https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/theatre-crisis-british-culture-world-beating-leave-us-behind/

UK arts leaders in despair: 'By the time we're allowed to reopen, we may be too decimated to do so' https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/uk-arts-leaders-despair-time-allowed-reopen-may-decimated-do/

Why is the Theater Canon Filled with Men? These Women Want to Change That https://tokentheatrefriends.com/2020/09/21/why-is-the-theater-canon-just-filled-with-men-these-women-want-to-change-that/

Metropolitan Opera closed until fall 2021 due to coronavirus concerns https://broadwaynews.com/2020/09/23/metropolitan-opera-closed-until-fall-due-to-coronavirus-concerns/

'It's very carefully monitored': Andrew Lloyd Webber, 72, details his experience of Covid trials https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8759285/Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-72-details-experience-Covid-trials.html

One Lost Weekend

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/24/arts/new-york-fall-arts-economy.html?referringSource=articleShare

What will theater look like in a post-COVID world? Old Globe launches initiative to answer that question

https://www.encinitasadvocate.com/art/story/2020-09-21/old-globe-launches-initiative-to-reimagine-theater-in-a-post-covid-world

Goldstar Launches Live Events Streaming Service

https://variety.com/2020/legit/news/goldstar-launches-live-events-streaming-service-exclusive-1234777556/

What to expect at a socially distanced night at the theatre, https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/sep/20/what-to-expect-at-a-socially-distanced-night-at-the-theatre

South Bay theaters take different routes to viability as shutdown continues, https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/24/theaters-take-different-routes-to-viability-as-shutdown-continues/