Performing artists taking their talents online as pandemic shutters venues
By:
Lindsey Boetsch
and last updated 2020-12-29 13:46:19-05
Part of the new $900 billion stimulus package will be given to the performing arts. The Save Our Stages Act will receive $15 billion. That money will go to funding for live venues, independent movie theaters, and Broadway theaters.
For the last 9 months, though, many performers have been without a job.
With live theaters empty and theme parks laying off employees, Todd Zimmerman knew he would have to come up with something creative to keep his theater business alive through the pandemic.
"We sat our employees down and said, listen, we want to take our performance virtual," said Zimmerman.