So much appreciation to Howard Sherman for his commentary on Twitter last week about a statement by the Broadway League that re-opening Broadway meant the return of a dormant industry.
A short thread about this statement from the Broadway League: “We are thrilled that Governor Cuomo clearly recognizes the impact of Broadway’s return on the city and state’s economy and the complexity of restarting an entire industry that has been dormant for over a year."
— Howard Sherman (@HESherman) May 5, 2021
In the tweets that followed the one above, Sherman notes that the 40 theaters that comprise Broadway are not the entire industry and that the artists and companies around the country have been far from dormant, expending a great deal of effort to reach out to communities with new approaches. Or by bringing renewed attention to underused formats like audio dramas.
The whole thread is only 10 tweets with a couple postscripts, but in case people were thinking of skipping it I wanted to call attention to his thoughts about the concept of “restart”:
Finally, with all of the pain and all we have learned in the past year about the ongoing racial inequity, bias, and violence not just in this country but in our arts community and organization, let's make sure that we don't simply restart, but rebuild anew – and better.
— Howard Sherman (@HESherman) May 5, 2021