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None of them have plans to reopen before next year at the earliest. While some venues in the state, like the Bushnell in Hartford, can seat almost 3,000 patrons when filled, the producing theaters are physically smaller spaces, and many can seat only around 500 at full capacity.

8, which allowed theaters to reopen at 50% capacity with masks and social distancing, those rules have very different impacts on different spaces. Though Connecticut moved into phase three of reopening on Oct. It is the state’s support of – not just appreciation for – the arts that has allowed for theater of this caliber to flourish Long Wharf and Yale Rep, both in New Haven, have operated successfully within a mile of one another for 54 years. “Connecticut is one of those states that has this highly educated, reasonably affluent population that can sustain regional arts organizations,” explains Michael Barker, managing director of the Westport Country Playhouse. Brownell Andrea McCardle, as Annie, and Reid Shelton, as Oliver Warbucks, starred in Goodspeed’s 1976 premiere production of the musical, which went on to win seven Tony Awards, including the trophy for best musical in 1977. While the theater still hopes to be able to stage “South Pacific” someday, it isn’t currently being rescheduled - unlike another postponed Goodspeed musical from this year, “Anne of Green Gables,” which has already been announced as part of the 2022 season.Andrea McCardle, as Annie, and Reid Shelton, as Oliver Warbucks, starred in Goodspeed’s 1976 premiere production of the musical, which went on to win seven Tony Awards, including the trophy for best musical in 1977. This latest move, according to Goodspeed Musical Marketing Director Dan McMahon, is worse than a postponement. Again, it was the last show to drop off the list. In May the Goodspeed announced that “South Pacific” was being pushed to a fall opening, but hadn’t announced dates or details.

Then the same thing happened with “South Pacific” in 2021. “South Pacific” remained on the 2020 schedule for summer, then as a fall event, until it was clear that the Goodspeed could not produce any musicals that year. The show was just about to begin rehearsals, and sets were already being constructed, just as COVID hit. After holding onto hope that it could stage a full musical this year, Goodspeed finally removed “South Pacific” after a series of announced postponements that date back to the spring of 2020.