Here are a few articles from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Theaters And Venues Turned Red Seeking Economic Relief, Need Green Light From Congress To Survive.
www.forbes.com: Last night, September 1, 2020, venues large and small throughout the United States lit up their exteriors with red lights. The lights were to show support nationwide for the Restart Act which is currently pending in Congress. The Restart Act (Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards A Recovery in Twenty-twenty) proposes to amend the federal PPP lending program and creates a new loan program specifically for businesses with less than 5,000 employees.
Broadway's Jujamcyn Theaters Sue Insurers Over COVID-19 Payouts
www.ticketnews.com: Broadway’s Jujamcyn Theaters have brought a lawsuit against a pair of insurance companies, alleging that they unlawfully denied millions of dollars in policy coverage as the company shut down due to government restrictions on live events due to the coronavirus. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, claims that Federal Insurance Company and Pacific Indemnity Company owe “tens of millions” of payouts due to the sudden halt on business, which will stretch at least into early 2021.
First Chinese-Language Production Of 'A Raisin In The Sun' Is Staged In Beijing
NPR: A visitor to the Beijing People's Art Theatre this past August would have been treated to an unexpected sight on its wooden stage: Chinese actors, rehearsing A Raisin in the Sun, a play that tells the story of an African American family's struggle against racism in 1950s Chicago.
Beijing actor and director Ying Da is mounting the first-ever Chinese-language production of Lorraine Hansberry's play. The thorniest issue at hand: how to convey to a mostly Chinese audience that an all-Chinese cast is portraying an African American family.
Tome' Cousin Awarded Career Achievement Top Honor
www.cmu.edu/news: Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama Associate Professor of Dance Tome' Cousin has been named the 2020 winner of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education's (ATHE) prestigious Ellen Stewart Career Achievement in Professional Theatre Award.
How Top University Theatre Programs are Handling the Current Health Crisis
Playbill: Though schools nationwide are preparing to start their fall 2020 semesters—and, in some cases, already have—the effects of COVID-19 are still being felt. We asked some of the leading college theatre programs around the country what life will look like for their students this semester, whether they will be learning remotely or in person, what performance opportunities will look like in a landscape where live performances are still banned for much of the country.
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