Courtesy Orpheum Theatre
Something many have missed during the COVID-19 pandemic is live theater and musical performances. The good news is, live event spaces are beginning to reopen their doors as restrictions are easing and more people are getting vaccinated.
Erin Glasnovitch, executive director of the Orpheum Theatre in Galesburg, said COVID forced the venue to think creatively when it comes to fulfilling its mission of providing entertainment. We are a very small four person staff here at the Orpheum, we all you know, have been performers for a good portion of our lives, Glasnovitch said. We got together at the baby grand piano here on stage and we ve been putting out what we call musical mix tapes on our YouTube channel, so that people get a little bit of entertainment from afar with show tunes and jazz standards and things like that.