NEW BEDFORD It s official: COVID-19 has infected all the holidays over the last year. And now, this Sunday, families are making tough decisions about their safety as the pandemic looms over Easter weekend for the second time.
Gov. Charlie Baker encouraged residents to keep their guard up if attending celebrations this weekend, and to be mindful of all the typical COVID precautions: distancing, wearing masks, gathering outside if possible.
Still, this year many have been vaccinated, and several COVID restrictions have eased in recent weeks.
Patrice Tiedemann, the Artistic Director at Seaglass Theater Company, says she has had a busy week, in New Bedford, from Holy Thursday to Easter with her duties as a church singer now that in-person services are back.
NEW BEDFORD The SouthCoast is known for its variety of theatrical options on almost any given weekend. However, COVID-19 has deemed live performances unsafe and has forced all theatre companies to shut down.
On March 12, 2020, New York City officially shut down Broadway to accommodate safety concerns with the spread of COVID-19. It’s now been officially one year since in-person performances have been a thing especially within the walls of a theatre.
And Broadway is still closed.
Little Theatre of Fall River was in its fifth of nine performances for the musical Blood Brothers when they chose to cancel the remaining shows amid safety concerns. The SouthCoast Children’s Theatre was rehearsing “Frozen Jr.,” with a cast of 80 kids, when they were forced to switch over to Zoom.