Hear & Now: October 16, 2020

Cara and Charlie discuss Boradway's extended shutdown, the upcoming Tony Awards

Broadway Shutdown

• Broadway Shutdown Extended Through May 2021 Due to COVID-19
• Broadway Will Remain Closed at Least Through May

NYC Venues opening soon?

• Broadway Will Be a While. These Venues Say They’re Ready Now.
• Several NYC Theatres Hope to Reopen Soon for Socially Distant Indoor Performances

Broadway Flash Mob

• Watch Bernadette Peters and an All-Star Ensemble Perform a Surprise Rendition of ‘Sunday’ in Times Square

Tony Awards

• Tony Awards to Announce Nominations Next Week and Hold Ceremony Who Knows When
• A Guide to the Shows Eligible in This Very Strange Season

MacArthur Grant

• Larissa FastHorse Named MacArthur Fellow

Actors' Equity VS. SAG

• There’s Not Much Work for Actors. Now Their Unions Are Fighting.
• Actors' Equity and SAG-AFTRA in Stalemate Regarding Streaming Theatre Productions
• Actors’ Equity President Blasts SAG-AFTRA For Launching “Sham Investigation” Into Equity’s Internal Affairs; Guild Responds – Update

UK

• U.K.’s Culture Recovery Fund Distributes £257 Million to Arts Venues in 1st Round of Grants

Streaming:

• StAnnsWarehouse.org
  • Henry IV  OCT16–22
  • The Tempest OCT 23– OCT 29
  • Henry IV, The Tempest and Julius Caesar OCT 30 – NOV 1
• sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
  • Here's What She Said to Me NOV 3
• curveonline.co.uk
  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Indefinitely
• theatreworksusa.org
  • We The People OCT 25-NOV3