- December 22, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Dallas-area arts companies reacted Tuesday with a collective groan to the latest news: Dallas Theater Center has canceled all remaining shows of its holiday favorite, A Christmas Carol.
The cancellation followed New York’s Broadway closing multiple shows indefinitely. Earlier, Fort Worth theater company Casa Mañana canceled the rest of the run of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
The coronavirus is once again sweeping the nation, with more than 70% of new cases being blamed on the omicron variant, which has claimed at least one life in the U.S. — a Texas man who had not been vaccinated.
Yet, North Texas venue leaders say they’re not planning on any more closures. At least not yet.
More than a dozen Dallas-area arts organizations and companies queried this week say that, unlike in 2020, they intend to stay open. They’re wary about the headlines and if shutting down would be the best course of action.
One museum executive even went so far as to say…
