Theatre is Dead

Hear & Now: October 7, 2020


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Charlie and Cara discuss the proposed reopening of theatres on the West End, a reimagination of how artists are contracted in the US, grant opportunities to keep BIPOC arts spaces open, and what's streaming.

Articles referenced:

  • West End Shows Announce a Return, Even as U.K. Coronavirus Cases Rise
  • Some West End Musicals, Including Six, Plan to Return in November
  • Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap to Reopen in London This Fall
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber, All Alone in the Moonlight, Participating in a COVID Vaccine Trial
  • Oxford Covid vaccine trial suspension: what happens next?

Labor

  • At Soho Rep, a Revolutionary Idea: Put the Creative People on Salary
  • https://playwrightsrealm.org/2020-21-season
  • https://arsnovanyc.com/2020-21
  • Unemployed Stage Actors to Face New Health Insurance Hurdle
  • http://www.aapacnyc.org/
  • White Actors and Directors Still Dominate Broadway Stages, Report Finds

What's Next

  • Mellon Foundation to Provide $5 Million to Aid Black Theaters
  • New Initiative Will Grant $156 Million to Arts Groups Run by People of Color

Streaming

  • https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/what-the-constitution-means-to-me-movie-amazon.html
  • https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/david-byrne-american-utopia-hbo-trailer.html
  • https://www.vulture.com/article/the-boys-in-the-band-netflix.html
  • DIANA MUSICAL TO BE FILMED & RELEASED ON NETFLIX AHEAD OF BROADWAY DEBUT
  • writeoutloudsd.com
  • openstagehbg.com
  • http://www.publictheatre.org


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Theatre is DeadBy Cara & Charlie