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Photo essay: Despite COVID shutdowns, arts organizations keep the holiday spirit going
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Connecticut in the spring, local theaters and arts organizations have largely been shuttered. But creative ways to accommodate patrons and create performances have been born of necessity.
In Torrington, the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory found a way to continue a 40-year-old holiday tradition, the annual performance of The Nutcracker, with live-streamed and pre-recorded shows in the studio rather than before a live audience at the Warner Theater.
At the Ridgefield Theater Barn, a live performance of A Christmas Carol remained on the schedule this year thanks to the fact that the show requires only one actor a lucky fluke born out of the theater’s decision to stage the show before the pandemic hit.