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| I wonder where ushers stand on this one nmi | |
| Posted by: Ann 01:20 pm EDT 06/21/22 | |
| In reply to: Broadway Announces Optional Mask Policy for July - Official_Press_Release 12:17 pm EDT 06/21/22 | |
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| re: I wonder where ushers stand on this one nmi | |
| Posted by: Guillaume 02:08 pm EDT 06/21/22 | |
| In reply to: I wonder where ushers stand on this one nmi - Ann 01:20 pm EDT 06/21/22 | |
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| I am sure the woman in my apartment building who is an usher is livid. She won't even get on our elevator unless everyone is masked. This is such an irresponsible and inconsiderate decision. | |
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| re: I wonder where ushers stand on this one nmi | |
| Posted by: Snowgrace 02:15 pm EDT 06/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I wonder where ushers stand on this one nmi - Guillaume 02:08 pm EDT 06/21/22 | |
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| Again, I agree wholeheartedly with you. I wear a triple mask & eyeglasses when working the events in a large catering hall...guests rarely masks, & thank God I have so far remained safe. But it's a whole other situation, standing or sitting shoulder to shoulder breathing the air expelled by 1000 plus potentially maskless mouths. And it's bound to reach the actors on the stage. It's also interesting so many called out from shows in the week following the Tonys where very few audience wore masks. As an actor, I will keep limiting my auditions to film & tv for now...so sad. | |
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| re: I wonder where ushers stand on this one nmi | |
| Posted by: bsturtle 01:37 pm EDT 06/21/22 | |
| In reply to: I wonder where ushers stand on this one nmi - Ann 01:20 pm EDT 06/21/22 | |
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| Usher here. I'm relieved, frankly. It's been a very, very, very trying time to get certain folks to wear their masks. I was screamed at and accosted during interval of MJ recently for doing my job. Whoever wants to wear one, wear it. Whoever doesn't, don't. I just don't want to be in the line of fire any longer. | |
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| re: I wonder where ushers stand on this one nmi | |
| Posted by: Snowgrace 02:17 pm EDT 06/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I wonder where ushers stand on this one nmi - bsturtle 01:37 pm EDT 06/21/22 | |
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| Am feeling for you...so bad that people attacked you for doing your job & what was right. Very selfish. | |
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| Well said. | |
| Posted by: ShowGoer 02:05 pm EDT 06/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I wonder where ushers stand on this one nmi - bsturtle 01:37 pm EDT 06/21/22 | |
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| And I imagine that - outside of the more cautious among us - this take, not coming at all from an ideological standpoint, could represent the majority of the public at large. With proof of vaccination only having started to be phased out in the last month (and still required in some theaters), it’s very hard for me to imagine many people suddenly entering or re-entering the largely liberal world of New York theatergoing who are completely unvaccinated. But if they are, a) that’s on them, should they somehow catch the virus at a play, and b) there’s absolutely no question they’d be in the minority. Regardless, while it’s clear from the response here that some will go to theater less (which I understand, particularly among older or immune-compromised theatergoers), there’s also no doubt in my mind that the mandates at this point are also keeping some people away. Which group is larger remains to be seen, which is why it’s smart they’ve given themselves some wiggle room here - by the fall, if audiences are staying away from serious plays like The Piano Lesson and Death of a Salesman, it would seem that the veteran theatergoers will have been put off by dropping the mandates, and perhaps we’ll again have a situation like the past month or two where a few of the straight plays still required proof of vaccine while most of the musicals didn’t. On the other hand, if industry business in general is at minimum no worse than it was this spring, I could see the mask-optional policy, for better or worse, here to stay. At the time they announced they were dropping vaccine checks but keeping masking, the prevailing opinion on this and the other board was, I believe, “Great. The exact opposite of what we all wanted.” So they’re never going to make everyone happy, and many people will always be annoyed whatever the policy is. Trying something different, at least for the summer months, will be a welcome change. And I’ll be wearing my mask, at minimum, for any shows that seem to have a lot of families, tourists or out-of-towners, as a precaution both to myself and to them. |
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