Elisabeth Vincentelli

And anyone in the world who wanted to create something theatrical could do so in this limited format and have it seen.

So it was really, for me, it was kind of a vibrant time, not always an excellent time, but a vibrant time.

And I learned a lot about what was going on in the world, particularly in

And then like you can see things that now or then you would never see live because they couldn't happen.

I'd like to propose a toast.

Meryl Streep.

Audra McDonald and Christine Baranski singing The Ladies Who Lunch.

You're never going to have that on a stage.

You couldn't afford those women.

And if you could, it would be for three days.

Right.

And I believe it's still available today.

Anyway, that was how the change began.

It's because people were terrified we would have no live theater and they quickly developed ways of creating a substitute.

It was two foot by four foot by eight foot tall.

Yeah, unfortunately, the something else a little too often in that period was magicians.

You don't like magicians?

Well, they're not high on my list, but they are above mimes.

Sorry, French.

But it was something you could, you know, with a certain amount of cleverness, you could do virtually.