NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Looks to September for City to Become 'As Normal As We Can Be'
by Nicole Rosky
- May 5, 2020
While non-essential events in New York City have already been canceled through June, NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio is looking towards the future. When might thing get back to normal? 'I believe right now we are on a good track for the thing I am focused on the most, which is getting us up and running and as much normal as we can be by the beginning of September when school begins,' he said in today's press conference. 'I want to see school come back strong. I want to see us do the work over the next few months to get to that point.'
2020 New York City Pride March Cancelled
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Apr 20, 2020
The 2020 Pride March in New York City has been cancelled for the first time in the March's 50-year history due to the ongoing health crisis.
Breaking: NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Cancels All Non-Essential Events Through June
by Nicole Rosky
- Apr 20, 2020
Shortly after the Broadway League updated the terms of the Broadway shutdown earlier this month (currently extended to June 7), Governor Cuomo made a statement of doubt regarding the timeline. Now, NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio has just announced that non-essential events have been canceled through June.
IATSE Closes Offices Through March 31
by Nicole Rosky
- Mar 17, 2020
According to Deadline, IATSE, the union for theatrical stagehands, has just announced that it will close offices to both members and public. IATSE Stagehands Local One president James J. Claffey, Jr. said in a statement:
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Soars to New Heights in Front of 18,000 Students at Madison Square Garden
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 28, 2020
Under typical circumstances, it would be a difficult task to judge just how much a piece of theater is affecting an audience. The average age of a theatergoer hovers in the range of 40 to 45 years old, and by then social mores have taken over and hammered in the rules of 'proper' theater etiquette. You may hear measured laughs and gasps or catch a few tears slipping out, but for the most part, instinctual, visceral and verbal reactions are reeled in. But, when you take a Broadway play and put it in front of 18,000 students in one of the world's most famous arenas, the energy rises to match its surroundings. High points are celebrated with deafening cheers, the dislike of characters is vocalized, and the silences are heightened. When Aaron Sorkin's To Kill A Mockingbird became the first ever Broadway play to perform at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, the sheer magnitude of the surroundings and the unbridled energy that comes from 18,000 kids sharing a space made it impossible to forget for even a second that history was unfolding in front of your eyes.
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