Broadway shows are on hiatus until at least Jan. 3. But in London, an in-person performance at a major theater was held this past week.Andrew Lloyd Webber, the composer of “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Cats,” hosted a trial run Thursday of a concert for invited guests and media at his London Palladium.
Theaters there have been locked up since March.Singer Beverly Knight and her band’s gig was meant to demonstrate the venue’s new safety measures, while giving an eerie glimpse at a potential coronavirus future.“I must say this is a rather sad sight,” Lloyd Webber, 72, said looking out at the 600-strong audience with some 1,900 unoccupied seats covered in paper Xs.“I’m so grateful to you all for coming and being a sort of guinea pig like.
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