“It's daunting for the theater industry to have to reinvent itself. But at this point, it seems an inevitability.”

“In my BA program, I am not just learning what theatre is and how to create it, but also what art is and how it pertains to the world around us.”

“No one is talking about what’s really going on behind the lobby doors on Broadway. In an effort to get to the “new normal” and for life to “move on” post Covid there’s a lot that’s been swept under the rug in a seeming attempt to prove the adage “ignorance is bliss.”"

“Beneath the obvious concern of getting sick and infecting loved ones, shows with deep pockets have still only allotted to pay for a fraction of the necessary time to quarantine, shouldering the cost of getting infected on the worker.’

“Producing theatre in a pandemic has completely changed the narrative around performing while sick. The caution around illness has forced us to take a step back before deciding to perform or rehearse with symptoms.”

“I’ve decided to turn to musical theatre to get that extra dose of holiday spirit without having to listen to the same old songs over and over again. Here are my favorite musical theatre songs to keep you in the Christmas spirit this year.”

“We know how hard understudies and swings are working on Broadway right now. They need our support more than ever. They need our applause more than ever. They don’t need to be disrespected by a “leader” making “educated guesses” about their talents or experience. Not now. Not ever.”

“The Grammy and Tony Award-winning musical JAGGED LITTLE PILL, inspired by the seminal rock album of the same name by seven-time Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette, will not reopen from its recent suspension of performances due to positive COVID-19 cases detected within the company.”

“While there is little to nothing that productions can do with the spread of COVID and how they have to cancel shows at the last minute, the other edge of the sword is that ticket buyers’ confidence has to be waning right now.”

“A man was handcuffed and arrested on Tuesday night in a London theatre for refusing to wear a face mask.”

“West Side Story, released in over 2,800 theaters this weekend, earned only $10.5 million at the box office this weekend, underperforming even modest estimates. 2021 has been a disaster for the future of musicals in movie theatres, with three musicals wildly underperforming expectations, with 2 of them having strong critical praise.

So what do we make of this?”

“While we are living in a time of growing positive portrayals of people with disabilities in the media, it’s more important than ever to acknowledge the way disability has been depicted in the past and how it still affects our views on disability and people with disabilities today.