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David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ Returns, Like Many of Us, Tempered by the Pandemic: Theater Review

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhile it’s a pretty small problem in the context of the larger challenges presented by the return of live music, how a performer addresses the pandemic during a performance is no small matter.

It is insensitive to seem too happy to be back? Is it too much of a downer to dwell on the tragedies of the past 18 months? And if the appropriate tone is somewhere in the vast gap between the two, how does one navigate it?Although the recent return of rock-oriented Broadway shows by David Byrne and Bruce Springsteen in many ways had an easier return than touring acts — weeks-long residencies in a single theater involve little travel and equipment-moving — both faced a huge challenge in how to adapt and incorporate the.

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