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pstokely

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Tue Sep 6, 2022, 07:59 AM Sep 2022

To Mask, or Not to Mask: Theaters and Concert Halls Face a Dilemma

https://archive.ph/GCCS9#selection-295.0-298.0

The new masking policy at “The Kite Runner” on Broadway was devised at the doctor’s office.
Tracey McFarland, one of the show’s producers, was taking her son to his pediatrician, a theater buff. The pediatrician told her that while he would have liked to see the play, he would not attend if masks were optional, as they are at most Broadway shows these days. That got McFarland thinking: Why couldn’t they put on some performances at which masks are required, and others where masks are optional? She brought up the idea with colleagues.
“Everybody on the phone was like, ‘You know, I’ve had friends who have been asking for that,’” McFarland said, recalling one of the conversations that led to the show’s decision to start requiring masks on Fridays. “We just realized that there really is an audience out there that is not being served.”
The coronavirus continues to pose a dilemma for arts presenters entering their second season after the long pandemic shutdown: They know that some audience members will be deterred by mask requirements at a time when they have vanished from so many other settings, while others will be reluctant to attend indoor performances if masks are not required. Whatever they decide to do, they risk alienating some ticket buyers.
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To Mask, or Not to Mask: Theaters and Concert Halls Face a Dilemma (Original Post) pstokely Sep 2022 OP
I think the airlines need to have mask optional and required flights flamingdem Sep 2022 #1

flamingdem

(39,304 posts)
1. I think the airlines need to have mask optional and required flights
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 08:10 AM
Sep 2022

I'd pick the masked flight every time.

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