Performing arts and other entertainment venues have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The need to socially distance within locations designed to create intimacy has made reopening performance spaces a distant dream. Broadway theaters, for example, will stay dark until early 2021.
Presenters and house management teams in Europe have tried a variety of workarounds. The Berlin Ensemble removed seats in its intimate 700-seat hall to maintain a 1.5-meter distance between patrons. That left only 200 seats. European venues can afford to perform to small or non-existent audiences because they are largely state supported. It’s not a viable model in the U. S., where subsidies are few and ticket income is essential. Instead drive-in theaters are experiencing a revival in the States. No one has found the magic bullet to overcome social-distancing mandates.
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