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    CreditDina Litovsky for The New York Times

    New York’s Arts Shutdown: The Economic Crisis in One Lost Weekend

    We zero in on one moment in New York City’s cultural calendar that’s been wiped clean — what it means, what it looks like, what it cost and what’s ahead.

    By Dina Litovsky, Victor Llorente, Daniel Arnold, Michael Paulson, Elizabeth A. Harris and Graham Bowley

  1. Theater Review

    PhotoRalph Fiennes in David Hare’s “Beat the Devil,” directed by Nicholas Hytner, at the Bridge Theater.
    CreditManuel Harlan

    Solo Plays for Anxious Times

    The Bridge theater in London has resumed performances after the coronavirus shutdown with a series of monologues by David Hare and Alan Bennett.

    By Matt Wolf

  1. New Initiative Will Grant $156 Million to Arts Groups Run by People of Color

    The Ford Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies and others are aiding national and regional groups at risk of shuttering because of the pandemic.

    By Colin Moynihan

  2. Weekend roundup

    7 Things to Do This Weekend

    Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually or in person in New York City.

  3. Coronavirus Relief Fund Raises Nearly $20 Million for Artists

    Creative professionals can receive $5,000 grants through the end of the year, thanks to additional funding by the Mellon Foundation and others.

    By Sarah Bahr

  4. Performing in a Pandemic

    Most professional theater in America has been shut down since March. So how did this production of “Godspell” come together?

    By Michael Paulson

  5. Those we’ve lost

    Bryan Fonseca, Independent Voice in Indianapolis Theater, Dies at 65

    He directed unconventional works and championed diversity, both in the material he staged and in the actors performing it. He died of the coronavirus.

    By Sarah Bahr

  6. critic’s Notebook

    How ‘Sophocles in Staten Island’ Gains in Translation

    This comic short about an actor and his kids staging Greek tragedies under lockdown slyly comments on links between the politics of the family and the state.

    By Maya Phillips

  7. Exit interview

    Playing Jesus in a Pandemic Summer

    Nicholas Edwards starred in the closely watched “Godspell” production. “Usually the stage is a safe place,” he said, “but it became a place where I was anxious all the time.”

    By Michael Paulson

  8. critic’s pick

    ‘Faith Healer’ Review: Michael Sheen Stirs the Embers in the Ashes

    In this enthralling streaming production of Brian Friel’s 1979 play, an itinerant miracle worker is grounded in a gritty reality.

    By Ben Brantley

  9. critic’s pick

    ‘Static Apnea’ Review: Breathing Together, Remaining Apart

    In this brief but eerie installation, one viewer and one performer, separated by glass, share the feeling of being trapped underwater.

    By Maya Phillips

  10. New York City Center to Revive a Pair of Musicals About Black Lives

    “The Life” and “The Tap Dance Kid,” which focus on people of color in Manhattan, are planned for the 2020-2021 season of Encores!, the center’s popular series.

    By Sarah Bahr