The play, which premiered on Broadway in 1972, is about washed-up stars from vaudeville, the once popular theater genre featuring a mix of specialty acts like comedy and song and
Taking the 60-piece Vancouver Symphony Orchestra on an open-ended road tour like a fledgling rock band is not what Igor Shakhman, the group’s executive director, had in mind for fall 2021. But that’s what the resurgent coronavirus has forced, he said.
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Closed for more than a year, local theaters turn to virtual options to stay connected with supporters
The show must go on, even amid COVID restrictions By Hayley Day, The Daily News (Longview, Wash.)
Published: April 17, 2021, 8:21pm
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Kathryn Rose performed at Longview’s Columbia Theatre in October 2020 without tickets sold or audience members in seats.
Only the video, sound and lighting crews heard Rose sing Irish folk songs in person.
Rose was featured in the theater’s virtual artists series, a project that allows artists to perform in front of theater supporters online while protecting viewers from the airborne coronavirus.