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It's Only An Intermission

It's Only An Intermission

March 12, 2020 - September 9, 2021

For the first time since 1926, the show did not go on. With the rise of COVID-19, Shea's Performing Arts Center went dark on March 12, 2020 - cancelling Hello, Dolly! and closing The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime at Shea's 710 Theatre hours before opening night. Shea's wouldn't open their doors again until a year and half later on September 9, 2021 - that's 546 days (or 1 year, 5 months, 28 days) without a performance!

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Photo Credit: Shelby Converse. 2020

Photo Credit: Shelby Converse. 2020

Goodbye, Dolly! This review was posted on March 12, hours before the production was cancelled by COVID-19.

Photo Credit: The Buffalo News - March 12, 2020

Goodbye, Dolly! This review was posted on March 12, hours before the production was cancelled by COVID-19.

With the show - and tour - cancelled, the set of <i>Hello, Dolly!</i> was taped off and waits to be struck from the Shea's Buffalo Theatre stage.

Photo Credit: Shelby Converse. March 12, 2020

With the show - and tour - cancelled, the set of Hello, Dolly! was taped off and waits to be struck from the Shea's Buffalo Theatre stage.

Without live theatre, Shea's offered a virtual concert series, zoom town halls, created coloring book pages, and worked on a few smaller restoration projects that could be done in isolation.

Photo Credit: The Buffalo News - November 15, 2020

Without live theatre, Shea's offered a virtual concert series, zoom town halls, created coloring book pages, and worked on a few smaller restoration projects that could be done in isolation.

Restoration Consulatant Doris Collins, masked and isolated as she works on the gold leaf trim here.

Photo Credit: July 28, 2020

Restoration Consulatant Doris Collins, masked and isolated as she works on the gold leaf trim here.

To bring live theatre back to Buffalo, many changes had to happen - some for good (mobile ticketing!), and some only temporary (no concessions, masks and vaccine required)

Photo Credit: The Buffalo News - August 12, 2021

To bring live theatre back to Buffalo, many changes had to happen - some for good (mobile ticketing!), and some only temporary (no concessions, masks and vaccine required)

Shea's Performing Arts Center came back from COVID-19 with <i>Disney's Frozen</i> re-launching their national tour here.

Photo Credit: The Buffalo News - September 10, 2021

Shea's Performing Arts Center came back from COVID-19 with Disney's Frozen re-launching their national tour here.

Photo Credit: The Buffalo News - September 10, 2021

Photo Credit: The Buffalo News - September 10, 2021

Photo Credit: The Buffalo News - September 2, 2022

This was the first of many articles detailing trouble behind the scenes at Shea's Performing Arts Center in 2022. Eventually, President Michael Murphy finally would be fired but not before Shea's lost countless employees, board members who had resigned in protest, and the support of M&T Bank.

Photo Credit: The Buffalo News - August 22, 2022

This was the first of many articles detailing trouble behind the scenes at Shea's Performing Arts Center in 2022. Eventually, President Michael Murphy finally would be fired but not before Shea's lost countless employees, board members who had resigned in protest, and the support of M&T Bank.