My latest Wall Street Journal “Sightings” column is about the possible effects of vax-and-mask safety protocols on theater in America. Here’s an excerpt.
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Broadway’s theater owners and operators have announced that adults who want to go to a show must both show proof of Covid-19 vaccination before entering the theater and wear a mask throughout the performance (children under 12 can still get in with just a negative test). Not only are these double-barreled safety protocols being enforced at previews of “Pass Over,” which opens Aug. 22, but they are already emerging willy-nilly as a national standard, and I expect that they will ultimately be adopted by virtually every theater in the U.S., indoor and outdoor alike.
Will they work?…
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Read the whole thing here.