Showbiz Sandbox 487: For Performing Arts, the Show Must Go On
April 2, 2020
Impresario Evans Haile has decades of experience as a producer, artistic director and performer of live theater and opera, yet nothing could have prepared him for how the coronavirus pandemic would disrupt the industry.
As the executive director of the York Theatre Company in New York, the executive director of Opera North in New Hampshire and the producing director of the Gainesville Symphony in Florida, Haile gives us his unique perspective on the impact COVID-19 is having on arts institutions from Broadway to Off Broadway and even regional theaters.
In China, the few cinemas that began to open back up are now re-shuttered for fear of another coronavirus outbreak. This means that 94% of commercial movie theaters around the world are now closed.
Of course we also cover some of the week’s top entertainment headlines including the historic audio recordings that the Library of Congress has entered into its registry this year.
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Evans Haile’s Website
http://evanshaile.com/
The York Theatre Company
https://yorktheatre.org/
Endeavor Begins Layoffs And Salary Cuts
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/endeavor-lays-off-250-coronavirus-wme-salary-cuts-1203542447/
AMC Furloughs 600+ employees at Headquarters
https://deadline.com/2020/03/amc-theatres-furloughs-600-employees-in-leawood-kansas-hq-1202892382/
China Shuts Cinemas Back Down
https://deadline.com/2020/03/china-orders-re-closing-all-cinemas-nationwide-1202894103/
Authors Guild, AAP Outraged by IA’s ‘National Emergency Library’
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/82861-authors-guild-aap-outraged-by-ia-s-national-emergency-library.html
Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic,’ ‘Cheap Trick at Budokan’ Among Library of Congress Inductees
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dr-drs-the-chronic-cheap-trick-at-budokan-among-dusty-in-memphis-library-of-congress-inductees-972810/
Polish Composer Krzysztof Penderecki Dies at 86
https://variety.com/2020/music/news/krzysztof-penderecki-composer-shining-dead-dies-1203548243/
Terrence McNally, Tony-Winning Playwright of Gay Life, Dies at 81
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/theater/terrence-mcnally-dead-coronavirus.html
Stuart Gordon, Cult Classic Horror Director, Dies at 72
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/stuart-gordon-dead-dies-1203544356/
Country Artist Joe Diffie Dead From Coronavirus at Age 61
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9345783/joe-diffie-dead-coronavirus
Music Star Manu Dibango Dies At 86 Due to Complications from Coronavirus
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/24/manu-dibango-dies-coronavirus-cameroon-jazz-funk
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