In Shakespeare’s London, theatre gatherings were condemned by the Puritans as evil. They thought the plague spread by theatre crowds was God’s punishment on the wicked for indulging in pastimes such as acting.
The shutting down of Broadway and the West End gives an eerie historical parallel to a world we thought was well in the past. Meanwhile, COVID-19 poses an existential threat to Australia’s fragile performing arts sector.
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This article really made me question the overall impact of the current situation on theater as a business and its ability of being the same to audiences after everything is back to normal. Thinking of theater being any different than it was before everything went down hill is very saddening but I realized after reading this article that maybe theater might not be the same, even if that means with small changes, and that everyone must be prepared to deal with that change.
But what is more concerning is the impact that the virus is having on the industry right in this moment. Performers, designers etc are all running low on work, given that there is not a lot of work that can be done given the present circumstance.In Australia, where performing arts is slowly dying as an art form, this is scarier, because with something already low, this situation is not helping the state of the industry in that country.
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