{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f56498168020640b81527e9/5f564994d3366c4d4443ec67?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bringing the Theater Back to Life","description":"<p>Three months into Broadway’s shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Paulson, a theater reporter for The New York Times, got a call from a theater in western Massachusetts — they planned to put on “Godspell,” a well-loved and much-performed musical from 1971, in the summer.</p><p>Today, we explore how, in the face of huge complications and potentially crushing risks, a regional production attempted to bring theater back to life.</p><p>Guest: Michael Paulson, a theater reporter for The Times.&nbsp;</p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href=\"http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">nytimes.com/thedaily&nbsp;</a></p><p>Background reading:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Masks, partitions and a contactless crucifixion — the Berkshire Theater Group’s<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/theater/godspell-review-berkshires.html?searchResultPosition=1?smid=pc-thedaily\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> production of Godspell</a>, labeled one of the “huggiest musicals ever created,” is also a kind of<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/theater/godspell-berkshires-coronavirus.html?searchResultPosition=2?smid=pc-thedaily\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> public health experiment</a>.&nbsp;</li></ul>","author_name":"The New York Times"}