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01-16-2023, 12:33 AM
Three months into Broadway’s shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Paulson, a theater reporter for The New York Times, got a call from a theater in western Massachusetts — they planned to put on “Godspell,” a well-loved and much-performed musical from 1971, in the summer.
Today, we explore how, in the face of huge complications and potentially crushing risks, a regional production attempted to bring theater back to life.
Guest: Michael Paulson, a theater reporter for The Times.
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily)
Background reading:
Masks, partitions and a contactless crucifixion — the Berkshire Theater Group’s production of Godspell (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/theater/godspell-review-berkshires.html?searchResultPosition=1?smid=pc-thedaily), labeled one of the “huggiest musicals ever created,” is also a kind of public health experiment (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/theater/godspell-berkshires-coronavirus.html?searchResultPosition=2?smid=pc-thedaily).
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Today, we explore how, in the face of huge complications and potentially crushing risks, a regional production attempted to bring theater back to life.
Guest: Michael Paulson, a theater reporter for The Times.
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily)
Background reading:
Masks, partitions and a contactless crucifixion — the Berkshire Theater Group’s production of Godspell (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/theater/godspell-review-berkshires.html?searchResultPosition=1?smid=pc-thedaily), labeled one of the “huggiest musicals ever created,” is also a kind of public health experiment (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/theater/godspell-berkshires-coronavirus.html?searchResultPosition=2?smid=pc-thedaily).
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)