Sunday marks three years since Broadway shut down for nearly 18 months because of the pandemic. When the first shows reopened, the determination and resilience proved to be remarkable. DaveCarlinTV has more on where things stand now.
That's back to the industry standard, says Charlotte St. Martin, the president of the Broadway League.Back at the Museum of Broadway, they do not gloss over the shutdown.
One section of the sprawling museum has a timeline showing photos from new shows that opened each year. The column for 2020 is largely blank with an explanation of Broadway's shutdown caused by the pandemic. "What the pandemic made us do was stop and take assessment of the theater," said actor Brandon J. Dirden, who recently appeared in the Broadway revival of"Take Me Out.""This idea of EDI -- equity, diversity, inclusion -- rose to the forefront ... So I have every reason to be optimistic."A fellow actor who agrees is Michael Patrick Thornton, who was in the most recent Broadway revival of"Macbeth" and is currently in the revival of"A Doll's House.
The key word is support, says theatrical producer and co-founder of the Museum of Broadway Julie Boardman. "We have postcards so people can say, 'I live in X city and state and the arts are important to me because...' And we actually mail them out to members of Congress," she said.
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