Theater News for the Week of January 29th
By Bennett Liebman
In Miami, making live theater work during the pandemic
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/in-miami-making-live-theater-work-during-the-pandemic
Benefits of Virtual Programming in Chicago, Survey of 61 Small Arts Organizations in Chicago Reveals Benefits of Virtual Programming, Impact on Plans for 2021 https://www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/Survey-of-61-Small-Arts-Organizations-in-Chicago-Reveals-Benefits-of-Virtual-Programming-Impact-on-Plans-for-2021-20210127
New York City's Creative Class Faces Health-Care Crunch
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-citys-creative-class-faces-health-care-crunch-11611669604
Broadway League offers theaters as vaccination sites, https://broadwaynews.com/2021/01/26/broadway-league-offers-theaters-as-vaccination-sites/
Broadway League Co-Signs Letter Offering Help with COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution https://www.broadway.com/buzz/200334/broadway-league-co-signs-letter-offering-help-with-covid-19-vaccine-distribution/
What counts as theater in a COVID-19 era of streaming?
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-01-25/future-theater-covid-digital-streaming
Cuomo Announces New York Arts Revival
https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/new-york-arts-revival-theater-reopening-cuomo-72556/
Leon Levy Foundation Awards $250,000 to ART/New York
UK government working on 'realistic return date'
Creativity Drove the Inauguration--It Should Drive the Recovery, Too
The Biden-Harris Administration and the Arts
The Improbable Rise of Mike Nichols
Stewart/Whitley hires new assistants
IATSE president offers union members to help build vaccination centers
https://broadwaynews.com/2021/01/25/iatse-president-offers-union-members-to-help-build-vaccination-centers/
Actors' Equity President: Union Is "Ready Workforce" To Vaccinate U.S
In The Midst Of The Pandemic, This Resourceful Broadway Star Discovered A Side Hustle He Adores
Ontario theatres forced to cancel livestreamed shows, while film and television shoots continue https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/article-ontario-theatres-forced-to-cancel-live-streamed-shows-while-film-and/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Nestruck%20on%20Theatre&utm_content=2021-1-26_16&utm_term=Ontario%20theatres%20forced%20to%20cancel%20live-streamed%20shows,%20while%20film%20and%20television%20shoots%20continue&utm_campaign=newsletter&cu_id=el%2F0O6erOqW5qHlmWhoPVgR6m6gNw1iOOyTgTOX6nPY%3D
The vanishing Tony Awards must go on
An Oral History of the Broadway Shutdown
25 Years Since The Birth Of 'Rent' And The Death Of Its Writer, Jonathan Larson