Minnesota artists gear up for pandemic comeback: 'I will not take you for granted'
Performers are beginning to book gigs and banter with audiences again. But they've used the break to rethink what they do and why they do it.
April 30, 2021 — 10:47am
Annie Mack adjusted the microphone Sunday at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis, her hands shaking. It had been a year since her last sound check, her last show.
A loud pop burst through the speakers.
"Well, it is my first time," Mack said, smiling at the sound engineer. "It really is."
After a year of lost gigs and living-room livestreams, performers are preparing for a cautious return to stages with rehearsal bubbles and backstage masks and distanced seating.