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Professor Donna Walker-Kuhne Discusses Broadway's Post-Pandemic Future

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With Broadway gearing up to reopen after the longest theatre shutdown in NYC history, faculty from NYU’s School of Global Public Health, Tisch School of the Arts, and Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development gathered as part of a June 2 panel designed to address various topics that involve economic, artistic, and public health implications of restarting Broadway shows. NYU News spoke with Jack Caravanos, Donna Walker-Kuhne, and Laurence Maslon to discuss historical precedent for the shutdown, the biggest public health challenges Broadway faces, and strategies for attracting multicultural audiences to the theatre. Read the recap of the conversation.