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The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

Betsy Dollinger on Broadway Returning: "It’s Only An Intermission"

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

FOX News Radio

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4.1738 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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This week, Martha is joined by Betsy Dolinger, founder and president of BD productions with over 25 years in the theater business, to discuss how Broadway returns from being shut down due to COVID-19. Betsy tells Martha about the impact of COVID-19 has had on shutting down theater business, how social distancing and vaccines will help bring back the business, the musical Six  she was working on before the shutdown, the possibility of outdoor theatre and she shares her belief that Broadway will return stronger than ever. Follow Martha on Twitter: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Untold Story with Martha McCallum, exclusive interviews with top newsmakers who share their inspiring

0:38.7

stories of perseverance, positivity, and more. Now, here's Martha McCallum. The lights on Broadway

0:48.9

have been dimmed until probably January 2021 due to the pandemic.

0:54.9

41 theaters are closed.

0:56.5

Thousands are left without jobs for the rest of the year.

0:59.4

And every week that goes by, Broadway loses roughly $33 million in ticket sales alone.

1:06.1

The New York Post wrote this.

1:07.3

The city that never sleeps is losing their nightlife.

1:10.5

Quote, Broadway, Carnegie Hall,

1:12.5

and Lincoln Center have all announced their canceling fall programming. Owners of other

1:16.2

smaller concert venues and performance spaces say they don't anticipate resuming in-person shows

1:21.2

or events before the spring of next year. While some have experimented with live streaming

1:26.2

and other virtual events, that presents

1:28.8

a danger for performers and simulating the live experience has proven to be difficult at times,

1:34.3

if not impossible. That is from a piece in The New York Post. Joining me now with her untold

1:40.5

story is a very interesting woman who is a friend of mine, Betsy Dollinger, founder and president

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