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Open Call: Theater strengthens the bonds between us
Matt Silva
Guest columnist
Editor s note: Open Call is a new column in which we ask arts and cultural leaders to share their perspectives on emerging from the COVID-19 crisis and welcoming back audiences.
I love theater. There’s no better feeling than laughing or crying with reckless abandon in the company of 385 total strangers whose hearts beat in unison during a show literally!
Researchers have shown that audience members’ hearts actually synchronize while watching live theater. What could be more beautiful and communal than that? And that’s what theater is about community. By telling our stories, by shining a light on our shared experiences, theater strengthens the bonds between us. Connects us.
Theater without theater
Seth Rudetskyâs concert-and-conversation series, YouTube videos of âKinky Bootsâ and âHairspray,â other online performances help to fill the void
By Don Aucoin Globe Staff,Updated April 15, 2021, 3:17 p.m.
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Screen shot of Seth Rudetsky in The Seth Concert Series. The Seth Concert Series
Last Sunday afternoon, after Broadway performer Ali Stroker tore through a rendition of âBe a Lion,â from âThe Wiz,â host and piano accompanist Seth Rudetsky responded with a cry of âBrava!â
At that moment, the pair were 60 miles apart, in two different parts of New York state. Their split-screen, live-streamed performance was different from the pre-pandemic
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n my more hopeful days when my dad got his first vaccine appointment, when the weather popped up above 50 degrees I let myself imagine it. I consider the possibility of being maskless on a run, exhaling thoughtlessly the whole way through. I wonder what last night s takeout might look like plated at a restaurant, surrounded by mood lighting and smooth music. I picture myself hugging hugging! my friends, but also cuddling, piling on top of each other, allowing proximity to make up for lost months.
I don t know when our post-pandemic life will come, but with a vaccine rollout in place, I ve allowed myself to wonder what one might look like and all I ll do once it s here. In honor of feeling joy again, we asked nine other women: What are you most looking forward to doing once the pandemic is behind us?
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