EASL Theater News for the Week of September 4th
By Bennett Liebman
Without Rent Relief, 60 Percent of NYC's Independent Theaters May Close for Good, https://observer.com/2020/09/new-york-city-small-theaters-need-rent-relief/?fbclid=IwAR1QKZ0LZSJZ773J22_x1vTeYSMyvYN2TZ6yq8-MzM4DJuv7gF-WVVLQhaU
Can Greek Tragedy Get Us Through the Pandemic?
Bringing the Theater Back to Life,
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/podcasts/the-daily/Godspell-theater-coronavirus.html?rref=vanity
Actors' Equity Approves Alliance Theatre's A Christmas Carol: The Live Radio Play, https://www.playbill.com/article/actors-equity-approves-alliance-theatres-a-christmas-carol-the-live-radio-play
There'll Be a Theater Season. But How and Where and When?, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/theater/theater-season-adjustments.html
Investing in the Arts Will Speed Economic Recovery, https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-01/investing-in-the-arts-will-speed-cities-economic-recovery
AKA NYC to donate 500 hours of work to Black theater producers, http://bway.ly/s1m4mm#https://broadwaynews.com/2020/09/01/aka-nyc-to-donate-500-hours-of-work-to-black-theater-producers/
Lincoln Center Theater launches play commission program for its Broadway house, https://broadwaynews.com/2020/09/03/lincoln-center-theater-launches-play-commission-program-for-its-broadway-house/
A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES OF BROADWAY NATIONAL TOURS
https://broadwaydirect.com/a-look-behind-the-scenes-of-broadway-national-tours/
San Diego's live theaters form alliance to support shuttered industry, expand diversity, https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/theater/story/2020-09-01/san-diegos-live-theaters-form-alliance-to-support-shuttered-industr-expand-diversity
If we get it right, digital could be a game-changer for commercial theatre, https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/if-we-get-it-right-digital-could-be-a-game-changer-for-commercial-theatre
The Disability Scorecard: Are You Doing a Panel, or Actually Doing Something?, https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/08/28/the-disability-scorecard-are-you-doing-a-panel-or-actually-doing-something/
Stratford group unveils plans to rebuild and run historic Shakespeare theater, https://www.courant.com/ctnow/arts-theater/hc-ctnow-stratford-group-proposes-new-shakespeare-theater-20200827-iulfmm2efjcnzevwteopv2gosy-story.html