CurtainUp and the Virus
March 21, 2020 Update With this real life horror show escalating each day the enterprise long dubbed as "the fabulous invalid" is truly on life support. Shows are less likely than ever to actually reopen as announced-- if at all. The Broadway transfer of The Hangman and the latest revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf just aren't going to happen. London too has shut down so our London critic's postings have also hit a dead end.Stay safe everyone, and if you haven't done so already, give streaming a chance.
We are all living through an unprecedented chapter in civilization's history. In the thester, this is the first time ever that the motto "the show must go on" doesn't apply. The virus disaster has shuttered not just big Broadway theaters but the smaller ones. Even some of our critics who were able to see new shows during preview press performances have been asked not to post their reviews until the show until the show can indeed open( for example, Six).
Hopefully links to shows we did review will be active again when these precautions about people going to public plaes will no longer be necessary. Since Lonon theaters are still open, the postings there can indeed be seen.
My own recognition of the increased influence of streaming organizations and how their productions have more and more attracted top staage talent — and, of course, audiences — has led to my covering more stsge actor heavy shows like The Irishman & Marriage Story, The Two Popes , Binge Streaming Features:The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel & Shtisel, and Madame Secretary and The Crown. The current crisis is likely to make this "couch potato" style of entertainment the only one available
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