For some arts venues, a lifeline
Save Our Stages money included in the governmentâs COVID relief package buoys the hopes of local theaters and clubs
By Malcolm Gay Globe Staff,Updated December 31, 2020, 2:13 p.m.
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Michael J. Bobbitt, artistic director of New Repertory Theatre in Watertown, says an infusion of federal money would be âhuge for us.âSuzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
For the past week, club owners and theater operators across the region have allowed themselves to feel something thatâs been in decidedly short supply since the pandemic forced them closed in March: hope.
The pandemic relief bill, passed by Congress last week and signed into law by President Trump Sunday, includes $15 billion to support independent music venues, theaters, talent agencies, and nonprofit museums â a critical lifeline for an industry decimated by COVID-19.