COVID-19 Update, April 30, 2020: The (Unemployment) Line Forms at the Right

Welcome to Thursday:

New unemployment claims reached 3.8 million last week: tinyurl.com/yctmfhlc.

The full truth is probably worse: tinyurl.com/ycltht3h.

And if Wuhan is anything to go by, the economy won't bounce back right away: tinyurl.com/ydyezvmt.

But the president and Jared Kushner think their performance has been first-class: tinyurl.com/ycw49v53, The president also sees social distancing "fading out" in the near future: tinyurl.com/yb8nwouw.

Meanwhile:

The FDA is set to approve remdisivir as a coronavirus treatment: tinyurl.com/ydgdgvlz.

Some reopening states may cut workers' unemployment benefits if they don't go back to work: tinyurl.com/y9t6djaa.

New insight into the coronavirus: Beware the second-week crash: tinyurl.com/ybacmn2g.

Food for thought: What coverage of the Spanish flu pandemic can tell us about the coronavirus: tinyurl.com/y92hlbt7.

Why is no one from Broadway on Governor Cuomo's board on reopening business? tinyurl.com/ycgm5gn2

Venues large and small consider reopening strategies: tinyurl.com/yc6m6jxv. How they're doing it in South Korea: tinyurl.com/yavsxwed.

In California:

The San Diego theatre community plots its return: tinyurl.com/ybdkm8h5.

The Regal Entertainment chain is also refusing to screen Universal Pictures, protesting the studio's new combined cinema-and-home release plans: tinyurl.com/y9ga3vyq.

The Daytime Emmys will be streamed: tinyurl.com/yaacj8fm.

Governor Gavin Newmon is closing the state's beaches: tinyurl.com/y8fz87dr.

In Europe:

The Locarno Film Festival is off: tinyurl.com/ybtuktjm.

In Florida:

The state's step-by-step reopening begins on Monday: tinyurl.com/ycjq6m92.

Also:

Thanks to the coronavirus, condom sales are down: tinyurl.com/yc4ltm35.

Many states are using the pandemic to limit access to abortions: tinyurl.com/y7xnzyon.

Mobilizing:

Freeman founds Go LIVE Together, to advocate for the trade show industry: tinyurl.com/y7efexwe.

Company news:

K-array writes: "Regarding the recent health protocols issued by the Italian government, K-array's production and warehouse in San Piero a Sieve (Florence) will resume operating Monday through Thursday at 8:30am to 1:00pm and 2:00 to 5:00pm starting Monday, May 4. With the well-being of our staff at the forefront, K-array has implemented all the safety and health regulations required for all its employees to reopen at this time. Furthermore, we'd like to inform you that our administrative office and several departments will continue to operate remotely to provide customer care as well as design and technical consulting. We remain committed to keeping you informed on our company activity and we thank you for your precious collaboration."

Transformit writes, "When the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitals and health care facilities became apparent, we began reaching out to our peers in the fabrics industry, to state officials, and to local hospitals to see how our fabric design and fabrication resources could help create personal protective equipment (PPE). As it turns out, our search led us just up the road to our neighbors, Flowfold."

"Flowfold, maker of minimalist wallets, packs, and travel accessories, had pivoted their entire production line to manufacture face shields, a crucial piece of equipment that helps keep health care workers safe during prolonged face-to-face contact with potentially infectious patients."

"The team at Transformit, with extensive experience prototyping, creating with fabrics, stitching, and fabricating, eagerly joined forces with Flowfold to help ramp up production of face shields. In the weeks since, with components Flowfold fabricates using an advanced material cutting machine in their shop, we have been producing upwards of 2,000 face shields a week."

"Ironically, before this pandemic, which has become synonymous with social distancing and isolation, we had never come together to collaborate with our neighbors at Flowfold even though our shops are just a few hundred feet apart. In addition to this corona-initiated neighborly collaboration, we are also finding ourselves talking more these days with peers and customers to share ideas, lessons learned, and opportunities to help others and each other. And in the midst of the hardships caused by this pandemic are people and experiences for which we are grateful and cherish -- the ingenuity and camaraderie of our customers and peers, the community of our neighbors, and the extraordinary generosity of health care professionals who are caring for those in need."

Scheduling:

The national tour of Cats has closed: tinyurl.com/ycgm5gn2.

Entertainment:

The one-woman show Bette Davis Ain't for Sissies will stream life on Facebook May 6 at 6:30pm EST, directed by Karen Carpenter and starring Jessica Sherr, presented on Facebook Live. www.facebook.com/BetteDavisAintForSissies.

Carnegie Hall and medici.tv have a new streaming Carnegie Hall Fridays. From May 1 - July 11, concerts from Carnegie Hall and medici.tv's archive of past live broadcasts will be put online on both the www.medici.tv/en platform and www.carnegiehall.org. Each program will remain available to watch on-demand, free of charge, for 72 hours, from Friday, 9:00am CET (Paris time) to Monday, 9:00am CET. Also, medici.tv will host a watch party on its homepage each Friday at 4:00pm CET (10:00am in New York City). The program launches Joyce DiDonato and Yannick Nézet-Séguin's performance of Schubert's Winterreise. On Sunday, May 3, a 2017 concert performance of Handel's Ariodante, featuring Joyce DiDonato, Harry Bicket, and The English Concert, will be available for 48 hours.

The Manhattan nightclub Feinstein's/54 Below has a new lineup of online concerts: tinyurl.com/y73uqeqm.

Next on Live from The Gilmore: An all-Beethoven recital by pianist Jonathan Bliss, Monday, May 4 at 2:00pm ET, baritone Steven LaBrie (recently recovered from the coronavirus) at 2:00pm CT. Go to www.thegilmore.org/. Also. Jen Shyu, a vocalist, composer, producer, instrumentalist, and dancer is the featured artists in the Jazz Gallery's Happy Hour Hang, May 4 at 6:00pm ET. To create a more intimate, participatory atmosphere, the event is limited to a small, ticketed audience on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets at tinyurl.com/yashqzn6.

On Friday, May 1, at 5:00pm, Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series will stream Broadway songwriter Joe Iconiss with special guests Betty Buckley and Annie Golden: tinyurl.com/y6u3wvh9.

The next episode of Playwrights Horizons Soundstage series of scripted short fiction works, Jordan Harrison's Play for Any Two People, goes live today. Find out more at tinyurl.com/yb6rblum and check out earlier pieces by Heather Christian and Robert O'Hara.

Jeremy Jordan, Brandon Victor Dixon, Jessica Vosk, and Kate Baldwin will take part in the online launch of composer Georgia Stitt's new album, A Quiet Revolution: tinyurl.com/yd6jc4zo.

Cast members from Hamilton will take part in a reading of the play This Ends Tonight, a benefit for Broadway Cares: tinyurl.com/yb7scvu9.

If you'd like access to the Vineyard Theatre's one-night-only concert presentation of [title of show TBA], one of its bigger hits, donate $25 or more at tinyurl.com/ybc8gte6.

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