COVID-19 Update: April 23, 2020: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

COVID-19 Update: April 23, 2020: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Another 4.4 million Americans have filed for unemployment bring the total number of jobless to 26 million: tinyurl.com/y85hyhdx.

Senator Mitch McConnell tells struggling state governments that bankruptcy is better than federal aid: tinyurl.com/y86swabu.

Las Vegas Sands reports a 51% drop in first-quarter revenue: tinyurl.com/yb38pu6a.

Also, it's not a good day to be mayor of Las Vegas, after those train wreck interviews with Katy Tur and Anderson Cooper: tinyurl.com/yc6sn3sp.

Meanwhile:

Another pork plant shuts down: tinyurl.com/y9gxr9lb.

Fox Corp. slashes executive salaries: tinyurl.com/ybbws9u4.

Also, the romance between Fox News and hydroxycholoroquine is over: tinyurl.com/y72bat6s.

Cal State Fullerton has already opted to put its fall semester online: tinyurl.com/yb5ggwzr.

The coronavirus spread through the US much earlier than previously thought: tinyurl.com/y7fab7zp.

China may have had four times more COVID-19 cases than it has reported: tinyurl.com/ycj5ajuu.

AMC Theatres sued by Florida landlord for not paying rent: tinyurl.com/y9ow42vn.

What will the Toronto Film Festival, scheduled for September, look like? tinyurl.com/ydffdyw4.

How some Broadway crews and creatives are keeping busy: tinyurl.com/y7ctfts5.

Food for thought:

How Germany and South Korea have battled the coronavirus so effectively: tinyurl.com/y8gxgqqy.

How Kentucky has so effectively battled the coronavirus, but Tennessee not so much: tinyurl.com/yd7lwo8k.

Mobilizing:

TikTok donates $2 million to The Actors Fund: tinyurl.com/ybs8rvvl.

Training:

New from Harman: "From Stage Plot to Doors in Five Hours or Less," being held today and tomorrow. Register at pro.harman.com/lp/learning-sessions.

ROE Visual is putting training online. The company's processing partner Megapixel VR has launched a series of training videos on the HELIOS LED processing platform. In them, Megapixel VR will go through the features of the HELIOS processor step-by-step, highlighting all the great aspects and explaining what makes HELIOS such a powerful and flexible processing system. Go to www.megapixelvr.com/training/.

Variety will stream NAB's Executive Leadership Summit on May 11 and May 13: tinyurl.com/yat2rb2c.

Company news:

Gregg Brunclik, founder and chairman of Clearwing, writes, "It is no secret that the current pandemic and its ripple effects have affected the live event industry in unprecedented ways. All Clearwing offices and divisions remain in business and available for work as we adhere to local and national guidelines. Clearwing has been able to maintain a core infrastructure to service all our clients, large and small. We are operating with production, sales, and installation staff and can accommodate rental, production, or sales requests in all three of our offices. In addition to our typical services, we are finding innovative ways to keep the industry moving, including drive-in church services, socially distanced client experiences, and trainings. Clearwing is weathering the current pandemic but by no means are we standing still. With our eye to the future, we are implementing strategies across our organization that ensure we are nimble and ready to go as our communities begin reopen. Reach out to us now to discuss working together beyond the current situation." www.clearwing.com

Cancellations/postponements:

Chicago's Gay Pride Parade is off: tinyurl.com/y9qj8hxe.

The Designers Lighting Forum of New York and the LEDucation committee announced the LEDucation 2020 Trade Show and Conference, previously rescheduled for August 18 - 19, 2020, will not take place due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19. LEDucation 2021 is scheduled for March 16 - 17 at the New York Hilton Midtown pending improved conditions. leducation.org/

Entertainment:

Kalamazoo, Michigan's Gilmore Festival's video streaming series Virtually Gilmore continues with a recital from earlier in the season -- pianist Lukas Geniušas performing Schubert's Impromptus D. 935.

Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 3, and additional works by each composer. Mr. Geniušas's most recent solo album, an all-Prokofiev recording featuring Piano Sonatas No. 2 and 5, won a Diapason d'Or Award in 2019. It starts Monday, April 22, 2020. Go to tinyurl.com/y8e8jfh or www.thegilmore.org. Starting on April 28, the Gilmore has jazz pianist and recent Cole Porter Fellow Emmet Cohen leading his trio in a medley of Fats Waller compositions. On Wednesday, the program features pianist and YouTube sensation Tiffany Poon offering a program that ranges from sonatas by Scarlatti and Haydn, to Schumann's Carnaval and a Chopin Nocturne, to Lowell Liebermann's Gargoyles.

Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown and his band will lead a streamed concert on Monday, April 27, with guests Ariana Grande and Shoshana Bean. It's a benefit for the New York theatre SubCulture. Check it out at tinyurl.com/yd6wdvc or vimeo.com/409897526.

New York's MCC Theater will present a special MCC Virtual TV benefit play reading of the late Alan Bowne's Beirut, starring Marisa Tomei and Oscar Isaac on Tuesday, April 28 at 7:30pm ET. A limited number of tickets will be available at $5, with additional tickets at $15 and $25. For more information, go to tinyurl.com/yamuxjln.

New York's Metropolitan Playhouse will present a streamed reading of Bronson Howard's one-act play Old Love Letters on Saturday, April 25 at 8:00pm ET, with a talkback to follow. It is available via Zoom and YouTube. For more information, go to: tinyurl.com/sn7ksjy.

Stating today, and running for a week, London's National Theatre is streaming Twelfth Night, starring Tamsin Greig: tinyurl.comvmea9bt.

New York's Public Theatre will stream a new Apple Family play by Richard Nelson: What Do We Need to Talk About? Conversations on Zoom, on Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30pm ET. This is the latest in a series of plays about a Rhinebeck, New York clan, which are deeply informed by the headlines. Go to the Public's website www.publictheater.org to see it. Beforehand, check out the previous four Apple plays at www.thirteen.org/programs/theater-close-up/.

Check out Tulsa Opera's world premiere production of Tobias Picker's Emmeline, at tinyurl.com/yazs23ck.

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