MTV Video Music Awards Aug in NYC

Jordan Catalano said: "Actually - I kind of take some of that back. Thinking about it, with New York now allowing filming and given that they'll be filming inside of that theatre - I now wonder if some live theater might be able to be filmed on stage. If this is allowed now, following whatever guidelines the state has set, I'd actually hope this is something that could happen."

I think both of your posts could be true. Filming a show on a theatre stage could happen (query about the jurisdictional aspect) but it still would not have anything to do with Broadway coming back. I think the impediment would be paying for it. And to that end, I think it would be more likely on an off-Broadway (or non-theatre) stage.

Incidentally, the play I mentioned in another thread filmed today at Epidaurus was socially distanced on stage, to brilliant effect I thought. The audience was not but it was (a) outdoors of course, and (b) in a country that has done a very good job of managing and controlling Covid-19 from the get-go.

Given the fact that it’s at the Barclays Center, there is a good amount of space to have people sit a couple of seats apart from one another and still have it look like there’s a big crowd there. Hell, they could, if they wanted to superimpose people so it looks like the arena is fuller than it actually is.





And, for whatever it’s worth, I never thought of the idea of seating people with a or two between them until I got Covid testing. I was at NYU and when waiting for the antibody test to be done, the waiting area had a seat or two between each person marked off in the waiting area. So, maybe they can do that at the VMAs too?

announced by whom?

I think perhaps you are confusing the quarantining of performers (as in a bubble) with the quarantining of individuals arriving in New York from a pariah state.

Ahh. I ran to my kitchen window to see if I could hear the fireworks. I hope we find out how they pulled all of this off. I am impressed.

SouthernCakes said: "Impressed too! The main set piece is cool! Makes it seem like the audience is there but on different roofs.

And the performances have been fun. Very interesting. The country music awards are coming up and I’d suspect they copy this.

The Tonys could do something similar. But the face masks would def get in the way."

Why would they get in the way any more than they got in the way for the performers at the VMAs? I recognize the difference between incorporating a mask into a pop performance versus adding one to a costume that doesn't usually have one, but that surely shouldn't get in the way of doing it, in my opinion! We're all so used to seeing people with masks now, like...who cares if they're wearing masks? (It's a whole lot better than not wearing them.)

Jordan Catalano said: "Miley’s new song is the best thing I’ve ever heard from her. It’s pure 80s power and I instantly bought it and have listened to it like 30 times so far."

Her new cd has been shelved and reshelved. Hopefully when this single takes off, we might get a release by the end of the year. BTW, did you like Younger Now? I loved every song on it. Unfortunately, I think I may have been the only one. It tanked pretty badly.

Updated On: 8/31/20 at 08:34 AM