The Show Must Go Online: Theaters Closed By COVID-19 Get Creative
As venues across the country have shut down in response to the coronavirus, some theaters have made archival videos of the closed productions available online, for the cost of a ticket.
by Jeff Lunden
Apr 11, 2020
2 minutes
When states and municipalities across the country began banning large gatherings, theaters — from regional stages to Broadway — shut down. But, in a creative solution to a difficult problem, some theaters made archival videos of the closed productions available online, for the cost of a ticket.
In March, the American Conservatory Theater, or A.C.T., in San Francisco had a new play onIt was about a female ballplayer in the Negro Leagues.
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