{"id":24463,"date":"2020-07-10T00:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/broadway-may-be-dark-but-people-are-working-like-hell-to-bring-it-back\/"},"modified":"2020-07-10T00:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T21:56:00","slug":"broadway-may-be-dark-but-people-are-working-like-hell-to-bring-it-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/broadway-may-be-dark-but-people-are-working-like-hell-to-bring-it-back\/","title":{"rendered":"#Broadway may be dark \u2014 but people are working like hell to bring it back"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Broadway may be dark \u2014 but people are working like hell to bring it back<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The \u201cLullaby of Broadway\u201d? Theater fans and pros would prefer an alarm clock.<\/p>\n

Since March 12, the 41 iconic theaters that stretch from 41st Street to 65th Street at Lincoln Center have been shuttered as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, putting thousands out of work and depriving nearby restaurants and shops of crucial business.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the longest dark period in history for Broadway, the lifeblood of New York tourism, and it\u2019s only getting longer. The Broadway League recently announced that performances would not resume until Jan. 3, 2021 \u2014 at the earliest.<\/p>\n

Sure, last week\u2019s Disney release of \u201cHamilton\u201d was a nifty nicotine patch for Broadway addicts, but show buffs are nonetheless craving the real, unrecorded, unedited deal.<\/p>\n

How long will we have to \u201cWait for It\u201d?<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say that people are cautiously optimistic that very early in 2021 we\u2019ll be back up,\u201d Sue Frost, producer of the musical \u201cCome From Away,\u201d told The Post. \u201cBut I also think that we\u2019re just seeing the beginning of some very creative ideas in terms of how people are gonna manage through this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frost, whose hopeful musical is also waiting to restart productions in London, Toronto and Sydney, is talking about such lauded efforts as Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden\u2019s recent \u201cAmerican Dream Study.\u201d An immersive show staged in upstate New York, it featured performances from Broadway actors and the Forest of Arden dance company, while rapt audiences drove their cars through and strolled the grounds. Producer Robyn Goodman told The Post, \u201cI loved it. Saw it twice. Found it so original and moving.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The cast from \u201cCome From Away.\u201d<\/span>Matthew Murphy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can\u2019t, of course, watch a Broadway show from your sedan on Eighth Avenue. But the London production of the musical \u201cSix,\u201d a pop-concert-style show about the wives of Henry VIII, is also putting butts in seat belts.<\/p>\n

The West End and UK touring casts are staging about 90 ticketed performances of the sing-off at large, open-air venues around Britain this summer. The social<\/a>ly distant experience will cost between $78 for a two-person vehicle and $217 for a seven-seater.<\/p>\n

However, don\u2019t get wedded to the idea of carpool theater stateside: A spokesman for \u201cSix\u201d on Broadway said that there are no current plans for similar drive-in productions in the US. Plus, while having a windshield for a fourth wall may be adequate for a concert, it would undoubtedly hinder an intimate musical such as \u201cHadestown,\u201d or even a big play such as \u201cHarry Potter and the Cursed Child.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Abby Mueller (Jane Seymour), Samantha Pauly (Katherine Howard), Adrianna Hicks (Catherine of Aragon), Andrea Macasaet (Anne Boleyn), Brittney Mack (Anna of Cleves) and Anna Uzele (Catherine Parr) in \u201cSix.\u201d<\/span>Joan Marcus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Producers tip their hats to all the ingenuity, but don\u2019t see these strategies as a long-term solution.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there is room for more creativity on Broadway, as this terrible situation drags on with no end in sight,\u201d said one producer of a currently running Broadway show. \u201cI don\u2019t think there can be one model, though, for how live theater can be produced, via Zoom or in innovative ways outdoors, socially distanced, etc. Each individual show requires such unique settings and direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some plays, including \u201cWhat Do We Need To Talk About?\u201d at the Public Theater, have given Zoom a shot, but just one in London streamed from a real-life stage. The bare bones relationship dramedy called \u201cLungs,\u201d starring Claire Foy and Matt Smith of Netflix\u2019s \u201cThe Crown,\u201d staged a week of live, ticketed shows via videoconference earlier this month, and the tickets were priced the same as the real-life seats \u2014 $12 to $82 \u2014 in an effort to give its struggling theater, the Old Vic, a financial boost.<\/p>\n

Could a Broadway show copy that model, and charge face-value $200-or-more ticket prices for a livestream to turn a profit?<\/p>\n

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Matt Smith and Claire Foy in \u201cLungs.\u201d<\/span>The Old Vic via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe answer is no,\u201d Frost said, adding that filmed productions could, however, become more normalized as hesitant audiences slowly make their way back.<\/p>\n

That said, to totally depend on video to pay the bills won\u2019t work, said a backstage vet. While a West End production might give an onstage broadcast a try, it\u2019s not feasible for Broadway, which costs roughly three times more per week to operate.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also unlikely, sources said, that Broadway theaters will be used for anything other than performances \u2014 say, as a high-end cocktail bar or a cafe to make ends meet \u2014 due to union rules and sky-high costs.<\/p>\n

One of the first American theaters to get back in the game<\/a> will be Barrington Stage in the Berkshires, which Actors\u2019 Equity recently gave the go-ahead to put on one- and two-person shows and concerts, performed either outdoors or at one-third capacity indoors. The theater has taken out whole rows of seats to promote social distancing, enforces mask use and even makes its audience members sign liability waivers.<\/p>\n

One Broadway source said that, while the end goal is a unified strategy for a robust Broadway comeback, we could see a few slimmed-down auditoriums and one-man shows here at first \u2014 at least \u201cin the short term.\u201d Even so, \u201cthat would be for the unique individual show that could accomplish that.\u201d<\/p>\n

For instance, an acoustic Bruce Springsteen concert at one-third capacity could make a buck, but a big-cast spectacle like \u201cWicked\u201d wouldn\u2019t see much green at all. \u201cWhen we talk about \u2018Broadway is back and thriving,\u2019 that means with full capacity available,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n

One method being employed across the pond that is sure to be used on Broadway is enhanced health technology<\/a>. The government-recommended modern germ-killing devices, such as AC filters and antimicrobial sprays, will be added before reopening. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, who owns several theaters in London, has retrofitted his Palladium with thermal sensors and virus-squashing fogs.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Lloyd Webber<\/span>Kristina Bumphrey\/StarPix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Broadway League president Charlotte St. Martin told The Post we can expect to see the same alterations made to creaky old Broadway houses, especially when it comes to new air-filtering HVAC systems.<\/p>\n

However, a major breakthrough happ<\/a>ened two weeks ago that, she said, could lead to an on-schedule reopening night on New York stages.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time, we got positive \u2014 what I call \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019 \u2014 indications from the medical professionals that we\u2019re working with,\u201d St. Martin said of the league\u2019s infectious-disease expert approving a 15-second coronavirus quick test for use by actors and crew members.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not assured, because you get new information all the time. But so far, we feel good about the first quarter being open,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

It can\u2019t come soon enough, said one insider: \u201cLet\u2019s face it \u2014 the longer this shutdown goes, the more New York will be brought to its knees. Broadway is the center of the city and there is no return for New York without Broadway. And Albany knows it.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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