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December 17, 2020
While much has been written about how the pandemic has devastated restaurants and bars, the impact on the arts has not been given equal consideration.
According to experts at the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research and analysis institution, “The structure of the arts and cultural industry leaves working artists and performers particularly vulnerable during catastrophes.”
Arts institutions, from galleries to theaters to performers, have faced months on end with little or no income with no plan for a return to the vibrancy of 2019.
RAND found that 27.4 percent of performing artists are unemployed while unemployment is at 14.5 percent for non-performing artists (visual artists, photographers, designers and writers). Making things worse is that self-employed worker eligibility for pandemic unemployment assistance will expire at the end of the year without Congressional action.
Optimistic plans for Broadway s return to Pittsburgh
Beaver County Times
PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced the eight-time Tony Award-winning Hadestown will launch the 2021 return of the PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series next Sept. 7-12. Given the state of the virus, positive news regarding a vaccine and reports from Broadway touring industry, the Trust believes it will be all systems go by then, announcing a revised seven-show series also featuring:
• Pretty Woman: The Musical, Oct. 26-31.
• Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Nov. 16-21.
• Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! Jan. 4-9, 2022.
• Hamilton, Feb. 22 to March 13, 2022.
• To Kill A Mockingbird, April 19-24, 2022.
• Ain t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, May 17-22, 2022.
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Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series is now scheduled to return to the downtown Benedum Center in September.
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The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is anticipating the return of live Broadway programming to its PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series in the fall.
At this point, the series is scheduled to reopen Sept. 7 with “Hadestown.”
“Hamilton” will return in 2022.
“We are proud to have preserved most of the originally scheduled 2020-2021 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh season shows,” said Marc Fleming, the Trust’s vice president of Marketing, Communications and Broadway Programming.
Ring in the New Year with “Pittsburgh Today Live” hosts and other First Night favorites.
December 11, 2020
Highmark First Night Pittsburgh, an art-filled New Year’s Eve tradition in the city, is moving to your home on Dec. 31. The celebration will be a one hour TV special starting at 11 p.m. on KDKA-TV hosted by “Pittsburgh Today Live” hosts David Highfield and Heather Abraham.
While the night will look a little different this year due to the gathering restrictions caused by the pandemic, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust promises that signature First Night Pittsburgh events will still be included. The night will feature the Williams Sing-Off Competition judged by Broadway star Eva Noblezada, Fire and Ice, the countdown to midnight, fireworks, and the raising of the Future of Pittsburgh Ball.