Hello, everyone. This is me preempting myself to just give a quick update that the show that Nick Walker was starring in when we filmed this interview just a few short months ago here in the TFD offices, Ain't Too Proud, recently closed on Broadway.

He has, however, announced that he will be making his return to the Broadway stage as Aaron Byrne Hamilton, we stand. So if you're interested

in seeing Nick do what he does best on the stage, you can catch him doing that in Hamilton.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to our latest episode of the Financial Confessions. It is I,

your host, Chelsea Fagan, founder and CEO of the Financial Diet, and person who just loves talking about money.

And today we're talking about an aspect of money

that for those who were in New York City last year

or aware of New York City existing was a pretty hot topic

during the worst of the pandemic.

As I'm sure everyone is aware, things shut down and nothing was shut

down more than in-person experiences. That means things like concerts, that means things like

sports, but it also means things notably like plays, theater, acting. And just because you

may not yourself be an actor does not mean that your broader economy is not impacted when these types of things are shutting down.

At least here in New York City, it's not just the theaters themselves that are closed and all of the people who work on these shows out of work.

It's also all of the restaurants, coffee shops, bars, stores around these parts of the city that depend on that traffic.

Like we have in New York City an entire like dinner service schedule that is centered around

the idea of people going to shows after getting food.

So we heard a lot about actors and all of the other people who make plays and theater

and live experiences happen being out of work.

You might have seen fundraisers.

You might have seen charity drives, even gala, things

like that to raise money for these people.

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