American theater may not survive the coronavirus. We need help now | Coronavirus
He’s right. The theater industry – like most of the arts – is in a state of crisis. Regular in-person theater attendance is impossible during a pandemic. Thousands of theater professionals – playwrights, actors, technicians, managers, security personnel, ushers and others – are now out of work. Many have already been out of work for more than a year, and it will probably be another six months at least before theater can resume mostly normal production. That is the most optimistic estimate – it could take much longer than that. Currently most initiatives to help struggling arts pr...
Source: theguardian.com