Elisabeth Vincentelli

And some of them were quite good, I have to say.

But then it became a thing because theaters were desperate to have some kind of show they could do that was not very expensive to produce.

And other than like a sod and half lady, you know, what does it cost to do a magic show?

So I saw a ton of them in that year and a half or whatever.

But there were also amazing experiments that were as good as any live stage show.

production I've seen that would come out of the desperation of theaters to have content.

They would not be able to do it live before an audience, but they would often do it as if live.

So it wasn't, it was not a movie.

It was not a television show.

It was theater.

It was just theater where the audience wasn't actually in the room.

And also a lot of the actors basically gave their time to do it because they were also desperate to work.

You know, what are they doing?

They're doing their, you know, their ballet bar in their apartment.

That's all they can do.

Yes.

Sexual misconduct of the middle classes?

Recently, I've become aware, I'm not a TikTok follower generally, but there's a huge musical theater world on TikTok.

Not just the things you might expect, but something I love is...

people are recreating for themselves in their own bedrooms or, you know, in the alley behind their apartment or some moment that is available from a live clip of a Broadway show.