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As the pandemic continues to fade and most Connecticut theaters lift COVID-19 restrictions, there’s a major question on the minds’ of many performance house CEOs: Are audiences returning?
The answer is: “Yes, but … .”
Yes, but not at pre-pandemic levels.
Yes, but season ticket sales — known in the theater industry as subscriptions — are still significantly down.
Yes, but the federal financial support to weather the drop-off is running out.
The global pandemic hit Hartford’s theaters hard, forcing them to close for months.
They lost subscribers — the financial lifeline for many nonprofit arts institutions — and there was an overall feeling by some theater executives, particularly during the pandemic’s early days, that they might never recover.
Several federal aid programs — and loyal donors — kept many theaters afloat, and now that they have reopened, patrons are slowly coming back to see live entertainment.
Performing-arts venues took a beating during the global health pandemic and The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts was no exception.
It was forced to close its doors from March 2020, through Sept. 11, 2021.
David Fay, The Bushnell’s CEO since 2001, led the charge in urging state and federal policymakers to provide government aid to the industry. Congress, in fact, a little more than a year ago allocated $15 billion in grants to support theaters and other venues nationwide. Fay had given testimony to a U.S. Senate committee on the topic.
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