Performing Arts Make a Cautious Return in New York
More than a year after the pandemic abruptly shuttered theaters and concert halls across the city, limited audiences were welcomed back inside.
Ashwin Rathie taking a selfie before entering the first live show inside the Comedy Cellar in over a year. Credit.Jeenah Moon for The New York Times
April 4, 2021, 2:05 p.m. ET
The days are getting longer. The sun is out. The number of vaccinated New Yorkers continues to grow every day.
And now, more than a year after the coronavirus pandemic suddenly brought down the curtain at theaters and concert halls across the city, darkening Broadway and comedy clubs alike, the performing arts are beginning to bounce back.
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In the film âHysterical,â female comics shine a light on some dark places
By Stuart Miller Globe correspondent,Updated April 1, 2021, 2 hours ago
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From left, Rachel Feinstein, Nikki Glaser, and Jessica Kirson perform together at New York s Comedy Cellar in Hysterical. FX
Kelly Bachman is the least established, least known of 15 comedians featured in âHysterical,â the documentary about women who perform stand-up, premiering Friday on FX. In fact, she was a last-minute addition to the film. Yet her appearance speaks volumes about the road traveled by women comedians, who still face chauvinism and outright misogyny at almost every level of their male-dominated field.