Seattle Symphony has a number of productions planned, including its popular John & Ginny Meisenbach Foundation Pops Series. The season gets underway with a hybrid film and live theatrical experience, with in-person theater productions beginning in January. The season features productions of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale the new play with music, Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer Freestyle Love Supreme from Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Veneziale the retelling of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Teenage Dick a new translation of Ibsen’s classic play Ghosts Sylvia Khoury’s award-winning new play, Selling Kabul and the world premiere musical Bruce. Seattle Rep returns to live, in-person theater with a new season beginning in December. Here is a glance at some organizations returning to in-person performances and viewings as a new season kicks oﬀ. “We challenged some of those rituals, but being asked to switch that model overnight is almost impossible.”Īs the pandemic remains a major public health issue, many arts organizations are still playing defense and struggling with a mix of in-person and digital programming.

“You look at sitting around the campﬁre and delivering storytelling and messaging,” says Michael Greer, president and CEO of ArtsFund, a Seattle nonproﬁt that advocates for the region’s arts community.

Digital programming kept many arts organizations aﬂoat the past 18 months and, in many cases, engaged new audiences.īut the very crux of the performing arts dates back tens of thousands of years.

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