Several art leaders noted that some potential ticket buyers are worried about catching the coronavirus. “There are a lot of people, and some overlap with our core audience, who are still wary about being in space,” said Oskar Eustis, artistic director of the Public Theater in New York. public,” said Oskar Eustis, artistic director of the Public Theater in New York.
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The return of office workers to the city center, where many entertainment venues are slower than expected, also did not help. Aidan Connolly, executive director of the Arts Center of Ireland, which presents music, dance and theater at a long-standing performance, said: “The Midtown Manhattan venue finally opened its doors in the midst of the Great Depression. Translate.
However, there are exceptions, showing that a hot property can still attract an audience.
Several Broadway revivals have been wildly successful at the box office, including Neil Simon’s marital comedy “Plaza Suite,” which gives fans a rare chance to see husband and wife Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick worked together on stage; “The Music Man”, starring Jackman, a big draw; and “Into the Woods,” a musical by Stephen Sondheim, is performing for a fun crowd. “Be silent in my bones,” the first work by a Black composer to be performed by the Metropolitan Operaplay for homes that have sold out by word of mouth.
And concert industry, which attracts younger customers than many other performing arts fields, has been a real bright spot. Live Nation, the global concert giant, recently reported that it sold 100 million tickets for the entire year, more than in 2019.
But scattered hits and crowded concerts can distract from the fact that, for most classical, stage shows and institutions, attendance falls, ticket prices fall, production export less and the number of members or the number of registrations decreases. Initial optimism after the shutdown – underpinned by pent-up demand – was tempered by wave after wave of new virus variants that raised health concerns and led to to the absence of many performers and cancellation of performance.
