This week, I read The future of the entertainment industry, which is an article that focuses on entertainment in general and how it will change moving forward. The main idea of this article is that due to the coronavirus the entertainment industry has had to make a lot of changes.
One idea that I found interesting was that broadway plays may be adapted and changed to be performed over zoom. I thought it was interesting because the whole experience of broadway plays is being there in person. On a zoom call, I don't know if the audience would get the same experience and feelings as they would in the theatre in New York.
(Gao)It made me wonder what the performers and everyone involved in the productions are doing now that they can’t be on stage, so I looked up some more information about this idea.
On the NBC News’ website, I found more information about what some specific actors are doing and how the Coronavirus has impacted them personally.
Over the summer, Arturo Luís Soria, one broadway actor, wasn’t in New York on stage entertaining hundreds of people. Rather, he was off camping and dreading the future of the theatre industry. A lot of actors and chilling at home, teaching and just trying to basically restart their lives. Many actors and actresses like Soria are unsure of how or when the theatre will pop back; but, for the time being, and at least until January, Broadway is closed (Arkin).
Something to reflect on: How are you going to do life differently if/when everything reopens? Are you going to go back to “normal” or is that not possible anymore? ...Just a thought
Citations:
Arkin, Daniel. "COVID-19 knocked actors off the Broadway stage. But are the lights dim forever?" NBC News, 7 Aug. 2020, www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/covid
-19-knocked-actors-broadway-stage-are-lights-dim-forever-n1235957. Accessed 7 Dec. 2020.
Gao, Yuting. Stranger Things 2 Sign in City at Night. 24 Dec. 2017. Pexels, 14 May 2018, www.pexels.com/photo/stranger-things-2-sign-in-city-at-night-1089194/. Accessed 9 Dec. 2020.
Perez, Amanda M. "The future of the entertainment industry." News at The University of Miami, 17 July 2020, news.miami.edu/stories/2020/07/the-future-of-the-entertainment-industry.html. Accessed 9 Dec. 2020.
Silvestre, Monica. People at Theater. 1 Dec. 2017. Pexels, 2 Dec. 2017, www.pexels.com/photo/people-at-theater-713149/. Accessed 9 Dec. 2020.
I remember seeing videos of performances being held on Zoom calls and I was also curious as to how they were able to even go along with doing it. Glad you touched on the subject!
ReplyDeleteDo you know how many people are involved in even one Broadway performance? It's even more amazing how much of an impact it has when you realize its more than just the actors. Have any Broadway shows tried this yet?
ReplyDeleteI read about the backstage people who deal with lights, sounds, costumes and music, and its crazy how many are involved. I've read that a couple articles about particular musicals/shows. I believe 'wicked' was one of the ones that was adapted for zoom
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