Performing Arts Groups Are Facing The Sound Of No Hands Clapping

Many arts organizations have turned to live streaming events. But it’s clear these efforts won’t bring much-needed revenue to theaters and concert halls.

By Jerome WeeksMay 13, 2020 9:30 amArts & Culture, KERA, Partner Organizations, Texas Newsroom

Photo courtesy of the DTC

Dallas Theater Center artistic director Kevin Moriarty upstairs at the Wyly Theatre.

From KERA:

What are known as the “live arts” – theaters, choral groups, dance troupes, rock concerts, touring shows, orchestras — are all facing the same stark question: Will they still be alive by the end of this summer?

Only two months into our COVID isolation, and the toll on North Texas arts performances has been grim:

Sold-out Broadway tours of ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Frozen’ have been postponed or shut down. The Cliburn cancelled its amateur piano competition. Half the staff of Dallas’ Office of Arts and Culture was furloughed. Dallas Opera cancelled the rest of its season and furloughed staff. The AT&T Performing Arts Center canceled or rescheduled 40 dance, music and theater shows. Fort Worth Opera shut down its season – all of it. Shakespeare Dallas canceled its summer season – the first time in 49 years.

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