I landed my dream job in a Broadway show, then Covid-19 shut it down. (via CNBCMakeIt)
On March 12, the cast found out that Broadway was officially shutting down. We were in rehearsal at the theater when our stage manager told us.
I shed a few tears for a second, and then I got my belongings and threw away flowers that cast members had saved in our dressing room. At 5 p.m., exhausted, I would go to my job waiting tables and bartending at a bar in Midtown Manhattan, where I would sometimes work until 2 a.m. I had to sing a song and perform a scene. It was a magic audition; it felt good, and I didn't have to try too hard to fit what they needed.Photo by Matthew Murphy.I was driving to a theater upstate where I had taken a job to choreograph a production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" when my agent called with the good news. "Landslide" by the Dixie Chicks was on the radio, and I was just sobbing in the car.
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