Coronavirus crisis in the arts: What if concerts, theater and other live events don't come back in 2021?

Coronavirus crisis in the arts: What if concerts, theater and other live events don't come back in 2021?
Nelvin C. Cepeda/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS
The San Diego Union-Tribune
October 29, 2020Bank

SAN DIEGO — Theaters from San Diego to Broadway are closed until at least next fall. Festivals have been pushed back to 2021, including Wonderfront and KAABOO in San Diego and Coachella and Stagecoach in Indio, California. The San Diego Symphony and other orchestras across the nation have been largely silenced. Cirque du Soleil has filed for bankruptcy protection and closed down all but one of its 40-plus worldwide productions.The deadly coronavirus pandemic has led to these and other previously unthinkable situations becoming grim realities — from mass quarantines, plummeting economies and co...

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