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Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre has made the decision to postpone the previously announced 2020-21 Season due to ongoing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. In conjunction with this announcement, the company is launching HOT Digital, an extension of the brand that will allow people to experience HOT at homes and take opera out in the community in new and unique ways throughout the year.   

Since shutting its doors on 17th March 2020, Camden People's Theatre has been working non-stop behind the scenes, refocusing its efforts to provide urgent financial support for artists and its local community, two groups disproportionately affected by the Covid crisis.

Read an important update from Carlsbad Playreaders:

Fort Worth Opera (FWO) and the McCammon Voice Competition Committee regrettably announced today that the 2020 Competition has been cancelled due to uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new order in Anchorage, Alaska, has theaters that had previously reopened, closing their doors again, the Anchorage Daily News reports.

The Tank presents  Fast & Furious 41 on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM EST.

The Barn Theatre has announced an all-star West End line up for their sixth virtual concert, The Barn Theatre Presents: The Music of Dominic Powell, which will celebrate the work of musical theatre composer Dominic Powell (Cases).

The Barn Theatre has announced their next two virtual musical theatre concerts celebrating the music of British musical theatre composers Dominic Powell (Cases) and Gus Gowland (Pieces of String) as part of their The Barn Presents: online series.

As Coronavirus cases surge in the Chattahoochee Valley, the Springer Opera House has made the decision not to open its season in September, as initially announced. While no shows are canceled, most of the shows in the upcoming season will be presented in 2021. Three smaller productions will take place in late fall in fresh air venues or with generous social distancing.

The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated connections between racial inequality, public health, and environmental health in the United States, as cases and deaths in communities of color significantly exceed those in white communities. In two conversations about the long-term, disproportionate effects of pollution on communities of color as part of The Shed's online series Up Close, artist Tomás Saraceno invites science journalist Harriet A. Washington to join him in discussion (part one) and then convenes New York City activists to reflect on the severity of the pandemic's inequitable impact in the United States (part two).

New Orleans Opera has postponed its 2020-21 season until next year.

Danny Wimmer Presents has announced that Aftershock 2020, scheduled for October 9 – 11 at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA, has been rescheduled to October 7 – 10, 2021, and has released the following statement:

The TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival  2020 continues and wraps up with one more big weekend and a tribute to 2020. Tune into edmontonjazz.com and enjoy free performances and interviews from musicians around the world.

The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre, which earlier announced it would be reopening with a production of Disney & Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins, has announced the opening will be postponed until September 4th following the recent spike in Coronavirus cases around the nation.

Theatre Victoria has cancelled its upcoming 2020 Summer Musical, Matilda.

Reading Fringe 2020 begins this week - and the eighth edition of the festival is not only the first to take place entirely online but is also the most accessible yet.

With new media reports that Hong Kong Disneyland will close after 52 new cases of COVID in the city, new questions are being raised about whether Disney will move forward with the reopening of Epcot and Hollywood Studios as planned.

Directors of the Abbey Theatre, Graham McLaren and Neil Murray, today announced an “extraordinary programme for an extraordinary year”, a bespoke range of theatre projects that audiences can experience in person, or at home, from August 2020. 

“I went to the studio with the intention of writing a dance song, but after receiving news of yet another vicious attack, I broke down in tears,” says independent alternative artist DOUG LOCKE about his new single “Why?” from his recent EP Why? (Lunar II) (released May 26, 2020). 

South Street Seaport Museum announces a free virtual program on printing in 19th Century New York, with Bowne & Co. Stationers, on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 12:30pm EDT. Sign up to reserve a spot at https://turnstiletours.com/bowne-co-letterpress-printing-in-19th-century-new-york/. 

Let's PLAY! A new series of virtual, instructional videos produced by Theatre Memphis will be available for children of various age groups beginning June 29, 2020. Provided by the Theatre Memphis Department of Outreach and Education and presented by Theatre Memphis staff, the experiences combine a task based learning component with a presentation based final product.

After announcing a phased re-opening of Disneyland next month, the Walt Disney Company announced today that operations at the park would not resume on the previously announced dates.

Out of an abundance of caution and due to the current trend of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rising in the state of Florida, Broadway Palm has made the difficult decision to postpone the opening of The Sound of Music until Wednesday, July 8, 2020.

Bloomingdale School of Music offers Ready, Set, Summer (Online)! virtual music classes over an eight-week summer session beginning July 6, 2020. Bloomingdale classes aim to educate students and instill discipline, fun and a passion for self-expression through music through high-quality instruction throughout the year.

The Tank has announced a full slate of programming for its annual PrideFest. Every year in June, The Tank opens its stages to a wide variety of performances and discussions surrounding the topics of sexuality, gender, equality, old battles and new ways of fighting them.