A Will and a way: Free Shakespeare is returning to the Common
Canceled last year, âThe Tempestâ will go forward this summer with attention to audience safety.
By Don Aucoin Globe Staff,Updated May 7, 2021, 6:00 a.m.
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The Bard will be back on Boston Common this summer.
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Acting Mayor Kim Janey announced that an outdoor production of âThe Tempest,â canceled last summer due to the pandemic, will be presented this summer as part of the Free Shakespeare on the Common series.
It will be a streamlined, intermission-less version of Shakespeareâs play, and there will likely be mask requirements and restrictions on audience size to comply with city and state guidelines on social distancing. But however different the atmosphere may be, âThe Tempestâ could herald a return to tradition and a symbol of renewal for a city in need of both.
HomeFront: All hail Dionne Warwick, Shakespeare on the Common returns, dysfunctional TV families
By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated May 7, 2021, 8:55 a.m.
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Dionne Warwick is planning two Mother s Day concerts online.
Welcome back to HomeFront, where weâre slowly shaking off a year-plus of âGroundhog Dayâ-style sameness and reacquainting ourselves with the concept that big news can be good. Vaccination numbers climbing, Free Shakespeare on the Common back on the calendar, and especially the return of Broadway â all big, all good! For the scoop on all kinds of diversions, keep reading.
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Dionne Warwick has embraced livestreaming â sheâs performing two Motherâs Day concerts. She wanders memory lane in an entertaining Q&A with the Globeâs Christopher Muther, touching on her back catalog as well as Twitter fame (âI say things that give food for thoughtâ). Of Ego Nwodimâs uncanny take on
This summer, get invigorated with a live cultural performance
A forested mountain is the backdrop at Vail Dance Festivals open-air amphitheater. Pandemic willing, live shows will be back across the United States this spring and summer. (A patchwork of them, anyway.) Connor Walberg via The New York Times.
by Julie Besonen
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.- Pandemic willing, live shows will be back across the United States this spring and summer. (A patchwork of them, anyway.) Scores of festivals, benefits and theatrical events are playing it safe with digital editions or postponements, but some impresarios are forging ahead, adhering to safety protocols, capping audience size and keeping it outside, mindful of all the artists and fans left bruised last year by cancellations.
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Aidin Vaziri and Lily Janiak April 1, 2021Updated: April 1, 2021, 6:02 pm
The state has released guidelines for how outdoor venues like the Frost Amphitheater in Stanford, shown in 2019, can reopen. Photo: Santiago Mejia, The Chronicle
California has finally released guidelines about how outdoor venues can reopen for live events, performances and concerts. But that does not mean Bay Area audiences will be able to return to shows right away.
It will take some time and planning for promoters and producers to figure out the new pandemic-era rules, which were released as an 18-page document on March 26. Outdoor venues must figure out how to reduce audience capacity according to the four tiers of the state’s color-coded reopening system from up to 100 people in the most restrictive purple tier to 67% capacity in the least restrictive yellow tier.