— “if you think you’re going to seein 2020, you’re out of your goddamn mind,” reads one choice quote — getting word from the rest of the country is equally upsetting. Producers, promoters and executives at arts organizations from Minneapolis to Berkeley all say pretty much the same thing: forget fall.
”, executive director of the Mark Morris dance company, was more blunt. “I am 100 percent confident that it is not happening,” she said about a curtain time before 2021. The's report reminds us of the myriad challenges facing performance venues in the COVID era: in addition to audience "choke points" that form at entrances and restrooms, backstage areas are notoriously cramped, and performers, working intimately with one another, put themselves at risk simply by doing their jobs.