During the pandemic, Reese admitted to struggling through an identity crisis, even developing a panic disorder. “I developed a panic disorder and started having seizures – just wasn’t taking care of myself so once I figured that out, got back on my feet and started this podcast, Zoom comedy and outdoor shows,” she said.
Reese wasn’t alone in navigating this unprecedented reality. According to Emilio Savone, co-owner of the New York Comedy Club, the pandemic almost created a trending frontier for comedy.
“There was this whole new comedy scene that bubbled up during the pandemic that has really learned how to produce their own stuff,” he shared with NBC New York.
Curtain rises at last on New York theatres
published : 3 Apr 2021 at 14:45 The Shed in Manhattan is hosting a concert for the first time since performance venues closed in March 2020 due to the pandemic
NEW YORK: Caroline Baron is wearing shoes she has not worn in a year and a big smile as she walks into The Shed, one of the few major venues in America s cultural capital New York to begin hosting live performances again for the first time since March 2020. I forgot how to get dressed. it is exciting, the film-maker says as she, along with her partner and teenage son, reach the arts center on Manhattan s West Side for a concert by singer and cellist Kelsey Lu.