With theaters across the country closed due to COVID-19, Playbill has had to pivot quickly. “We find ourselves incredibly fortunate to be associated with this ridiculously fantastic art form that we miss oh, so much,” says Playbill vice president Alex Birsh. Dean Greer/Playbill hide caption toggle caption Dean Greer/Playbill With theaters across the country closed due to COVID-19, Playbill has had to pivot quickly. “We find ourselves incredibly fortunate to be associated with this ridiculously fantastic art form that we miss oh, so much,” says Playbill vice president Alex Birsh. Dean Greer/Playbill Playbill — the program magazine given out at theaters […]
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More than once in our conversation, the Broadway producer Brian Moreland qualifies an optimistic thought with, “I know that sounds very Pollyanna of me.” Moreland, one of the few Black producers working on Broadway, is hopeful for not just the healthy, post-pandemic return of Broadway, but also for a renewed kind of commercial theater which looks, sounds, and feels more diverse. “I feel there’s change in the air,” he told The Daily Beast. The lead producer of upcoming productions of Charles Randolph-Wright’s play Blue (which had been set to open at the Apollo Theater in May) and Keenan Scott II’s Thoughts of […]
Movie chains, including AMC Entertainment, Cinemark and Regal Cinemas, are seeking an injunction against Gov. Philip Murphy’s phased reopening schedule unless it allows them to reopen. Source link
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday announced he will be rolling back the state’s reopening due to the surge in Coronavirus cases. On Wednesday, Newsom shut it down. Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura and Orange County were ordered to close indoor operations at restaurants, wineries, tasting rooms, zoos and museums. #BREAKING L.A., Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Orange County must close INDOOR operations at restaurants, wineries, tasting rooms, zoos, museums, cardrooms immediately. @GavinNewsom says businesses can stay open if they move them outdoors. — Elex Michaelson (@Elex_Michaelson) July 1, 2020 TRENDING: Woke Harvard Senior Claims TikTok Video of Her Saying […]
Doug Ducey Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) on Monday ordered all bars, clubs, gyms, waterparks and theaters closed for at least 30 days to ‘slow the spread of Coronavirus.’ Here we go again. Just in time for Fourth of July. Rioting and looting is allowed, but no 4th of July parties. TRENDING: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Threatens to Take Action Against Couple Who Protected Home Against Protest Mob on Private Street Governor Ducey made his decision based on confirmed cases of Coronavirus soaring over the last week. According to reports, daily cases surpassed the 3,000 mark. “We’re not going back to […]
Our feature film, Followed, which I wrote and helped produce, was supposed to open in over 300 traditional theaters across the country weeks ago. COVID-19, however, put the kibosh on that dream. It was to be my first screenplay to see national distribution, too. When I learned our movie would be released in drive-in theaters instead, it felt like another twist of the blade. I wanted, with all my heart, for audiences to experience our film inside the best theaters with optimum sound. Drive-ins, I thought, would be a second-rate, “lesser” experience. But then I realized something important I had long […]
When people said they were dying to see movies in cinemas again, the CEO of AMC Theatres may have taken the words too literally. Adam Aron, CEO and president of the country’s largest theater chain, is the target of pointed outrage after announcing that the company’s plan to reopen 450 of the more than 600 locations that were forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic does not include a rule requiring patrons to wear masks. In states where wearing a mask is required, the company will adhere to that mandate, and all employees will be required to wear them. Patrons […]
On 5 June, local health officials released COVID-19 industry guidance for fitness facilities that could allow gyms to reopen in the state on Friday. Movie theaters can reopen in the US state of California on Friday if county officials give approval, California Department of Public Health announced in guidelines issued on Monday. Theaters have been closed nationwide since mid-March to help combat the spread of the pandemic. The number of attendees in each theater should be limited to 25% of theater capacity or to a maximum of 100 attendees, whichever is lower, the guidelines read. To ensure the number of attendees […]
Tonight should have been the Tony Awards. But Broadway has been shut since March 12, and with it the postponement of those shows (and cancellation of a few others) that would have qualified for them. Indeed, this year the Awards feel a faraway shadow—and not just because there is no Broadway to fuel a ceremony right now. The death of George Floyd and subsequent protests and debates about racism and change have led Broadway and the wider world of theater—like many individuals and institutions—to necessarily question itself, not for the first time, about the need for urgent change. Yet again, theater […]
Charlotte St. Martin, the president of the Broadway League, makes clear she does not “have a crystal ball.” But her personal belief is that Broadway will reopen in January 2021, she reveals in an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast. For St. Martin, Broadway’s post-pandemic reopening means safety protocols being in place to ensure audience members can sit next to each other as they did before, likely—at least in the first phase of reopening—wearing masks, with actors, singers, and dancers able to perform in the same numbers and proximity, and with the same energy, as before. “We know that we cannot […]