Chris Lose notes that, even for those lucky few who are able find work during the pandemic, Covid-19’s new normal takes away the little things that crews love about completing a gig, such as a dinner out with your backstage compatriots or toasting a job well done at the hotel bar. “I recently finished an outdoor show in Las Vegas,” Lose writes. “The outcome was wildly successful…After the grand opening gala, we should have been able to go for a few beers to pat ourselves on the back and commiserate over every tough decision with a shot. That never happened. I just put my mask on, checked out of my hotel and went home.”
From “This Long and Lonesome Period,” LD-at-Large, PLSN, Dec. 2020, page 36
