Theaters are expecting difficulties in coming back from coronavirus-related restrictions and closures. As businesses begin to open around the world, the path forward for theater is unclear. This is especially true for large-scale musicals and dramas. Live theater, with its high costs and large numbers of people, may not be the same for some time, producers and actors say. Mary McColl is the executive director of the actors’ labor union Equity in the United States. Speaking with the Reuters news agency, she described the health concerns of doing live theater. When we cry, there are tears, sometimes our noses run. Sometimes when we sing or are yelling, we spit and that lands on other actors, or it might land on the orchestra pit. And we are doing that eight times a week, she said. New York City’s Broadway theaters closed in the middle of March. London’s West End theaters followed a few days later. Almost no one expects them to reopen when the current closure period ends on June 7 and June 28, respectively.
Title: Live Theaters Around the World Face Difficulties
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true for large-scale musicals and dramas.</span> <span data-start-time='26396' data-end-time='38604'>Live theater, with its high costs and large numbers of people, may not be the same for some time, producers and actors say.</span> <span data-start-time='38604' data-end-time='47292'>Mary McColl is the executive director of the actors’ labor union Equity in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='47292' data-end-time='55563'>Speaking with the Reuters news agency, she described the health concerns of doing live theater.</span> <span data-start-time='55563' data-end-time='60792'>When we cry, there are tears, sometimes our noses run.</span> <span data-start-time='60792' data-end-time='70229'> Sometimes when we sing or are yelling, we spit and that lands on other actors, or it might land on the orchestra pit.</span> <span data-start-time='70229' data-end-time='74500'>And we are doing that eight times a week, she said.</span> <span data-start-time='74500' data-end-time='80188'>New York City’s Broadway theaters closed in the middle of March.</span> <span data-start-time='80188' data-end-time='85646'>London’s West End theaters followed a few days later.</span> <span data-start-time='85646' data-end-time='97958'>Almost no one expects them to reopen when the current closure period ends on June 7 and June 28, respectively.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4182/B.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div 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