Which shows will Covid-19 end?- Page 10

[IAMREADING]

Posted: 4/7/20 at 1:36pm

Matt took us to school!

I think charging for Cameo is fine. It is a fun gift and you are taking up an actor's time and getting a custom message/something out of it. No reason actors should do this for free. People like Michael Park were way too harsh when Barrett Wilbert Weed made one. There are soo many celebrities on Cameo, not all of them do it for charity, and more continue to join.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 4/7/20 at 1:41pm

ljay889 said: "Matt Doyle is a total class act!"

Agreed!  (and still waiting for kennedy-rose to extend an apology).

 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/7/20 at 1:52pm

Thank you Matt for your beautiful words. 

[kennedy_rose]

Posted: 4/7/20 at 1:56pm

MattDoyle said: "Hi Kennedy... I’m sure you understand that most theater actors don’t exactly have...savings? I have not been able to apply for unemployment. I’m keeping my fingers crossed though! I, like most actors, am incorporated. It has been an issue in applying for all of us. Hopefully, the new stimulus package will allow me to apply. I have tried calling hundreds of times, daily. Still trying to get through! Maybe keep your fingers crossed for me? What a horrible time.

Matt"

Dear Matt (& the rest of the community),

I apologize for my rant and do fully realize how horrible this all is...thank you for your explanation and I appreciate hearing from you.

I hope you get through on the unemployment line. It took me a couple of days. A tip...if you speak another language (for me, Russian), pick that option on the menu, you'll get through much faster.

All the best for everyone during this time.

Updated On: 4/7/20 at 01:56 PM

[liger420]

Posted: 4/7/20 at 1:58pm

Corona just ended How I Learned to Drive, but looks like they have plans to bring it back this fall.

[MattDoyle]

Posted: 4/7/20 at 2:04pm

Thanks for the tip, Kennedy! Appreciate your words. Just wanted to give perspective because it’s such a unique and confusing time for all of us

And now back to not looking at these boards! Hahaha. Like I said, I do believe that a safe space for opinion is important.

Sending love to all of you.

Hope we can all feel some sort of normalcy as soon as possible.

Best,

Matt

[sppunk]

Posted: 4/7/20 at 2:41pm

MTC email says How I Learned To Drive is moving to next season. Refunds being processed April 16 if you don’t elect to donate the cost of the ticket to the theater.

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/9/20 at 2:47pm

Kudos to Matt Doyle for his post, which I just saw. Well said.

I'm not sure this has been posted; Second Stage is looking to push Take Me Out to the fall (not sure if that's possible with Williams's Grey's Anatomy schedule, but I like that they're trying to keep it alive):

https://2st.com/visit/coronavirus-updates

"The Broadway League has announced a further period of suspension through June 7, and as such, we have decided to postpone all originally scheduled performances of Take Me Out, including the last week of performances through June 14. Please know that we remain committed to producing the play as soon as it is safe to come back. We hope to be back into rehearsals in person this summer - the cast is ready to go, the set is in, and we are on deck to get on stage the moment we get the okay! We anticipate that period will be late Summer or early Fall 2020. "

[Theatrefanboy1]

Posted: 4/9/20 at 3:02pm

With the recent comment made that when broadway slowly comes back it may not be logical or work to have 31 shows and maybe 20 will be a number for some time. It really got me thinking that this could impact more than even I had initially thought. I do of course hope that as many shows as possible do open and succeed but I started thinking how few 20 shows actually is.
Phantom. Lion king. Wicked. Hamilton. Moulin rouge. Company. SIX. Come from away. Dear Evan Hansen. To kill a mockingbird. Music man. West side story. Harry Potter. Book of Mormon. Plaza suite. Caroline or change. Tina. Aladdin. Hadestown. Frozen.

I’m just brainstorming. But that really just leave a pit in my stomach of the realities looked to be faced.

[JayElle]

Posted: 4/11/20 at 1:19pm

Ticketmaster only selling Lehman during June. Goes to San Fran early Sept to Oct.  Would they really start up a show for just 4 weeks in June, presuming theaters are open for business,  or is this the end for Lehman, at least for this year? Anyone know?

[Luminaire2]

Posted: 4/11/20 at 1:28pm

MattDoyle said: "Thanks for the tip, Kennedy! Appreciate your words. Just wanted to give perspective because it’s such a unique and confusing time for all of us

And now back to not looking at these boards! Hahaha. Like I said, I do believe that a safe space for opinion is important.

Sending love to all of you.

Hope we can all feel some sort of normalcy as soon as possible.

Best,

Matt"

Matt,

 

we are all wishing every actor, artist, techs, backstage, front of house, self-employed human the best during this time. You didn’t need to come here and engage, but you did and it is appreciated. 
 

Much love everyone. 

[MollyJeanneMusic]

Posted: 4/16/20 at 8:24pm

The Bandstand tour just announced on Instagram that they're ending early.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/29/20 at 6:01pm

Cats has ended their national tour early. At least Universal made a good movie adaptation- NOT.

At this point, I'm really surprised only one Broadway show, Hangmen, has announced its closure (Virginia Woolf was due to scheduling conflicts mainly regarding Laurie Metcalf). Let's see what the coming months will bring. 

 

 

Updated On: 4/29/20 at 06:01 PM

[ArtMan]

Posted: 4/29/20 at 6:15pm

Jordan Levinson said: "Catshas ended their national tour early. At least Universal made a good movie adaptation- NOT.

At this point, I'm really surprised only one Broadway show, Hangmen,has announced its closure (Virginia Woolfwas due to scheduling conflicts mainly regarding Laurie Metcalf). Let's see what the coming months will bring.

I read the Broadwayworld headline that the Cats's tour was closing.  The article stated it was to run through June.  There must be another tour going out, maybe nonequity.  Anyone know?  We have it scheduled for November as part of our 2020/2021 series.  

"

 

[ArtMan]

Posted: 4/29/20 at 7:02pm

ArtMan said: "Jordan Levinson said: "Catshas ended their national tour early. At least Universal made a good movie adaptation- NOT.

At this point, I'm really surprised only one Broadway show, Hangmen,has announced its closure (Virginia Woolfwas due to scheduling conflicts mainly regarding Laurie Metcalf). Let's see what the coming months will bring.

I read the Broadwayworld headline that the Cats's tour was closing. The article stated it was to run through June. There must be another tour going out, maybe nonequity. Anyone know? We have it scheduled for November as part of our 2020/2021 series.

"

"

Broadwayworld headlines just answered my question.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 4/29/20 at 7:02pm

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Updated On: 4/29/20 at 07:02 PM

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 5/1/20 at 1:19pm

Just noticed that Ticketmaster has The Lehman Trilogy on sale until September 20th.  I believe the closing date was intended to be July 5th.  Obviously we have no idea when performances will resume, but this does show that this production isn't intending to close during the summer as originally planned.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/1/20 at 10:01pm

At the rate the state is reopening most of the shows on Broadway. The new season will probably be sparse as no one in their right mind would be involved in putting on a show without knowing when Broadway will be up and running again. As to that social.distancing which will cut down grosses. No one mentions the bathroom problem. Every 3 of 4 urinals will be roped off so intermission will be a ton of fun. Unless they can get around these onerous new rules it will be a bumpy ride indeed.
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[Fosse76]

Posted: 5/2/20 at 7:34pm

People really need a reality check. In order for Broadway to reopen, social distancing measures will have to be relaxed. The financials of a Broadway show do not allow for scattered seating, and most Broadway houses don't have any real space for people to avoid close congregation. The few houses that could practice any level of social distancing have shows that could not financially survive it. So "how will they handle the bathroom situation" will be irrelevant.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/2/20 at 7:43pm

The second wave will hit in the Fall so Broadway won't be back until social distancing is no longer required. Which will be at least into next year. Sigh. 

[HogansHero]

Posted: 5/2/20 at 7:52pm

Sutton Ross said: "The second wave will hit in the Fall so Broadway won't be back until social distancing is no longer required.Which will be at least into next year. Sigh."

You don't know what will hit or not in the fall because no one does. Don't undercut the point you can make by overstating it.

[missthemountains]

Posted: 5/2/20 at 7:54pm

I have to be honest--I am predicting the worst. I think it's better to predict the worst than get our hopes up. I think every single Broadway show will be forced to close, especially the ones who rely on tourism, because tourism to NYC is essentially dead until further notice. It will take a very long time to shake the public's perception of NYC as anything other than the hotbed of this godforsaken pandemic--added on with the fact that every pandemic specialist has suggested we'll be hit harder in the fall, which I believe is an accurate prediction. Here's the other problem--unless the physical theaters themselves have paid off their mortgages (I'm sure this is on public record somewhere of what theaters have and havent paid off their mortgages but idk where), they rely on those shows for their payments. This is why shows flop: if they can't pay their rent to the theater, they're done. It's such a larger picture thing to me. If the theaters themselves can't keep the lights on, they will close and sit vacant for a while.

And to be honest, the theatres I really worry about are the non-commercial Off Broadway and Off Off Venues that won't benefit from something like a bailout (assuming Broadway will even get a bailout).  These are the venues that will shutter the fastest, and have the slowest comeback and are invaluable to the industry in NYC. Do you guys know how many young artists come to NYC and rely on venues like The Tank, Dixon Place, La Mama, Theater for The New City, The Kraine and Under St. Marks? These are the places that really need our help and support. What we saw with UCB closing is just the first domino falling--I think we could see some real giants start to fall like Roundabout and NY Theatre Workshop. Commercial Off Broadway could suffer just as hard.

That being said, I think the ones who are actually going to flourish are the nomadic companies that never had theaters to begin with. Companies like these who will do theatre where ever and when ever with just clip lights and suitcases of props and costumes--the DIY model--will adapt in ways that I think will shock us all. I think we could see a fascinating renaissance of Off-Off Broadway DIY work much like in the 70's with things like the Theatre of the Ridiculous. And while this is unlikely to happen, I do believe if Equity/SDC/DGA/IATSE/United Scenic Artists/American Federation of Musicians could reach an agreement about professionally filming shows with just the cast, musicians and production team on a very closed set if there's a window of time when the storm breaks from summer to fall and release them at semi-accessible price point (maybe $20?) then they might stand a better chance at re-opening. 

[Fosse76]

Posted: 5/2/20 at 8:02pm

HogansHero said: "Sutton Ross said: "The second wave will hit in the Fall so Broadway won't be back until social distancing is no longer required.Which will be at least into next year. Sigh."

You don't know what will hit or not in the fall because no one does. Don't undercut the point you can make by overstating it."

All the experts say that is almost a certainty that there will be a second wave in the fall. Since they are qualified medical experts,  and you, are not, I think it's safe to say they're will be a second wave. The unknown is what the response will be. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/2/20 at 8:09pm

^YEP!!!

[Theatrefanboy1]

Posted: 5/2/20 at 8:15pm

Well drs from other countries are saying that although the world won’t be “cure” of this. It is a typical virus and people that are expecting scarlet fever should not be considering that. Medically it have shown the severity of covid is less lethal than many other pandemics and in reality it doesn’t even crack the top ten list of most damaging pandemics in human history. While they have been using stats to say how more American lives have been lost than in Vietnam. They’re are a number of reasons why that comparison is unfair to compare. Even looking at populations and sample sizes, virus vs warfare, global vs locale, ages vs health conditions.
Today the WHO has stated that Sweden’s handling of the situation is a model for the world. Which saw very little in the way of closures. A number of the worlds top doctors have addressed this situation as well and feel that a fall resurgence is less likely than originally predicted.
That being said I would strongly hope that the New York governments ease up on restrictions by Labor Day long weekend, allowing shows to go back into tech and runs by mid to late September and openings in October and November.
Truth is. If the theatres in New York do not open this year. We will financially be looking at loosing way more than just the predicted shows. Not only would they miss out on any form of a Christmas bump but they would not be able to see increases in ticket grosses til the summer 2021. 16 months after closing. Which is not possible for some of these shows to hold. If that is the case (phantom, lion king, Hamilton, wicked) would be the only “safe” shows.