The beginning of the start of a recovery.
Since Friday, theaters as well as New York concert halls have reopened, with a still limited capacity.
In March, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that from April 2, performance halls would be allowed to reopen with a maximum tonnage of one-third, and a maximum audience of 100 people inside and 200 people. outdoors.
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But as the date approached, it became clear that the recovery would not happen all at once, but very gradually.
Like most other great New York venues, Broadway theaters remain desperately closed, often because the 33% gauge is unprofitable.
The mayor of the city, Bill de Blasio, nevertheless wanted to welcome this beginning of reopening, very symbolic for a metropolis whose cultural life has remained almost at a standstill since March 2020.
“
The arts are making a comeback in New York,
” he said after attending
the New York premiere of
Blindness
(“
Blindness
”)
in an “
off-Broadway
”
theater
.
“
The world of theater is so important to our city, to our identity as New Yorkers.
And economically, it weighs some 100 billion dollars a year, so it has to come back for many reasons,
”said the elected official.
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While cultural life timidly picks up in New York, the West Coast sets a deadline.
California, the most populous state in the United States, plans to fully reopen its places of cultivation on June 15.
"We can now project ourselves into post-pandemic life
,
"
Governor Gavin Newsom said at a press conference on Tuesday April 6.
Cinemas, museums, amusement parks and other cultural institutions - apart from theaters - have already reopened their doors.
The recovery is also gradually taking place: for example, the maximum level in Californian cinemas, which was set at 25% since the reopening, has just been raised to 0%.
"
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The June deadline can only be met in the absence of a new epidemic peak or a shortage of vaccines, Californians are still encouraged to follow
"common sense risk reduction measures"
.
If all goes as planned, large indoor events will also be allowed with negative test or vaccination evidence.
"The light at the end of the tunnel has never been so bright," said
the governor of California.
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