NEW YORK, May 4 — New York's celebrated Broadway theaters have been shuttered since March 12 and may well not reopen before September. The very real fear is that with no public funding to help them weather the crisis, some theatres may never reopen. Their neon lights still glow at night, but for...
A man wearing a mask walks past shuttered businesses on Broadway as the spread of Covid-19 continues in New York April 25, 2020. — Reuters pic
“Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible for a performing musician to make money at this point,” said Clayton Craddock, a drummer in the orchestra of the musical comedyBase pay for most musicians or actors is around US$2,000 a week, according to several sources, though it can go considerably above that.
“It would be safe to say that there will be some that don't come back, but we don't have that information yet,” said Charlotte St Martin, who heads the Broadway League, a trade association. “The financial model for Broadway is such that social distancing just won't work,” St Martin said. “A show could not maintain its bills even with houses that were 50 per cent or less occupied.”
“The general mood among my colleagues in regard to making a living playing music has never been darker,” said Maxim Moston, a violinist in the orchestra of the musical“I think we're all a bit hopeless,” he added. “And I think a lot of people are thinking about other careers at this point.”Moston, who is also an arranger, has been working on several other projects.
Clayton Craddock said he is optimistic about one thing: “People will want to see live music in nightclubs, concert halls, restaurants and Broadway theatres sooner rather than later. People are starved for human interaction.”
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