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Uptown, the state had made the call.
(So didStomp,26 years into its run at the Orpheum.)
The decisions radiate out from the moment of closure.
Quite a few, of course, cant.
All of us are struggling to zero, Blocker said.
There is no surplus in nonprofit.
But, he adds, I was really moved by the companies that didnt even question it.
Were going to have to find a way to support all the freelancers, from top to bottom.
Whats going to happen?
What everyone thinks of first insurance!
is not the answer.
Middleton is absolutely positive that everyone off the Main Stem will have to struggle through without insurance relief.
Of course every venue has its own insurer, but for most, he holds out no hope.
If youre looking for enlightenment in the insurance industry, he said, youre fooling yourself.
Some dont have cash reserves and all are looking at the market plunge with a frightened eye.
Littleness can be a kind of protection; a field mouse can survive a prairie fire.
In fact, says Duffy, Were thinking about offering space for parents to drop off their kids.
Though, is that contributing to the problem?
Is that another vector?
Theater companies themselves are discovering that they might also already have resources that they can share.
She wasnt, and shes pivoting to thinking about the ways she can help.
In fact, a show in her spaceisgoing on but virtually.
But Striar sounds calm, and the foundation of her company is healthy.
She seems measured about the way government spending will probably change any recession always damages giving.
(Were making a lot of grim assumptions, she says.)
But its the concatenating schedules that worry her the Summerworks festival should be starting rehearsals in five weeks.
Still, Striars doors will stay open.
There are other places that are truly on the cusp.
During our conversation, one or other of the three of us was almost always choking up.
Thats because today, in just a few hours, Finn canceled 109 shows with 37 artists.
This is a hit.
Its a huge hit.
Twenty thousand dollars would let us not be terrified.
Blocker is a managing director, which means that he always sounds relaxed.
To keeping them alive!
He was already thinking about the next crisis.
Hes saying that everythings wrecked and the storm is still here.
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