NEA Data Show COVID Impact on Arts and Culture
The Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account, which tracks the annual economic impact of U.S. arts and cultural production, has recorded areas of loss and growth during the pandemic.
All Stories About COVID-19
What We Lost and Learned
The last 2 years forced us to face fundamental uncertainty and loss, and that’s a gift that will keep on giving.
‘The Chinese Lady’ and the Long Road Home
How Lloyd Suh’s ‘The Chinese Lady’ made it through 2 years of pandemic, protest, and anti-Asian hate to emerge as the nation’s most-produced and possibly most essential play.
A Little Understanding for the Understudies
The work of understudies, standbys, and swings is always exhausting and show-saving, but it took a pandemic to get most audiences and even the industry to recognize their value.
Mellon Announces Grants to Support NY Artists
The Creatives Rebuild initiative provides either guaranteed income or employment funding for artists and arts institutions across New York State.
How Theatres Are Facing the Omicron Wave
No, it’s not March 2020 all over again, but the latest COVID-19 variant has theatres struggling with some familiar dilemmas of safety and scheduling.
Why ACT Dropped the MFA
The legendary training program will continue its conservatory and other training programs, but its 3-year theatre degree has become a COVID casualty.
Guthrie Postpones One Show, Cancels Another
This month’s production of ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ has been postponed to spring, and a Broadway-bound staging of ‘Destiny of Desire’ has been cancelled.
How ‘American Utopia’ Managed to Remain in Light
The Broadway stage manager recounts how her company conceived and staged a new concert version of the popular show in the face of COVID cancellations.
There Is No Metaphor
This moment has pushed us past even our most prescient preparations for crisis and challenge, but we can face it together.
