South Korea offers a model of how theatres can reopen safely with no audience-to-audience virus transmission. Caitlin Huston reports.
In early July, while most theaters in the U.S. remained shuttered, director Sammi Cannold traveled to South Korea and found musicals operating at full capacity.
She spent two-and-a-half months in the country observing the world tour of “Phantom of the Opera” and the South Korean tour of “Cats,” and then flew to London to look at reopening efforts there. Cannold, whose recent projects include “Endlings” and “Evita” in New York, was able to travel to these countries as part of a project that involves studying those two theater communities, as well as Broadway, during the pandemic... Keep reading on Broadway News
In early July, while most theaters in the U.S. remained shuttered, director Sammi Cannold traveled to South Korea and found musicals operating at full capacity.
She spent two-and-a-half months in the country observing the world tour of “Phantom of the Opera” and the South Korean tour of “Cats,” and then flew to London to look at reopening efforts there. Cannold, whose recent projects include “Endlings” and “Evita” in New York, was able to travel to these countries as part of a project that involves studying those two theater communities, as well as Broadway, during the pandemic... Keep reading on Broadway News