Thanks to our new pandemic reality, the ambitions, aspirations, and survival instincts of the arts profession have been tested in every way imaginable. Artists around the globe have risen to this challenge in multifarious ways, creating new and exciting innovations for an ancient artform.
From custom socially-distanced auditoriums to advancements in air filtration and disinfecting to strict protocols for audiences, actors, and staff, the return to traditional venues has been largely an experiment in trial and error, with numerous concepts deployed to varying degrees of success. With the present and future of theatre as we know and love it still largely uncertain, many artists are forging ahead in other ways, creating unique and impressive theatrical experiences via a multitude of mediums.
Theater leaders lean into 2021 with plenty of programming and a measure of optimism
By Terry Byrne Globe correspondent,Updated January 14, 2021, 3:21 p.m.
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Ruibo Qian and Jon Norman Schneider, shown in a 2016 Huntington Theatre production of Tiger Style!, will reprise their roles for an audio production of the show to be broadcast on GBH and then made available in a podcast.T. Charles Erickson
Despite a year of COVID cancellations and programming pivots, leaders among Bostonâs theater community remain optimistic, if pragmatic, about what theater lovers can look forward to in the coming months. Several who spoke to the Globe said the forced break encouraged them to recommit to their missions, take care of their staffs and artists, and honestly address diversity, equity, and inclusion practices within their organizations.