疫情严峻！美国百老汇今年内不会重开，VMA颁奖典礼如期举行

据外媒报道，美国文化的重要标志百老汇剧院将继续休业下去，今年恐没有重开的希望。但MTV音乐录影带大奖VMA（MTV Video Music Awards）颁奖典礼将于8月底如期在纽约市举行。

MTV音乐录影带大奖也称MTV音乐电视大奖，它是美国的音乐奖项之一，创办于1984年夏末，其目的是表彰那些最受人喜爱的MV，在纽约，洛杉矶，迈阿密和拉斯维加斯等地方都曾举办过颁奖典礼。

全美百老汇行业协会百老汇联盟(Broadway League)表示，在2020年余下时间百老汇剧院都不会重新开业，至少要到2021年1月音乐剧演出才能重返舞台，结束自2020年3月中旬以来最长的停工期。

美国目前新冠肺炎确诊病例超259万，成为新冠病毒确诊病例最多的国家。为了遏制新冠病毒的扩散，剧院等大规模集会场所均被关闭，包括41家百老汇剧院。自3月12日已全部休业、停演至今，这已经是百老汇第四次延长剧院休业的时间了，也是百老汇历史上最长的停摆纪录。

此前百老汇宣布休业后，传奇音乐剧演员帕蒂•鲁普恩（Patti LuPone）评论说：“百老汇亮起的灯光是纽约这个城市的心跳，一想到它们要被迫黯淡一段时间，就令人感到失望。” 可见这一消息对音乐剧爱好者来说无疑是一个噩耗。

The iconic Broadway theater district will stay closed through the end of the year, but the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) show will soon take place physically at the end of August in New York City.

The hardest-hit U.S. state of New York has seen mitigation in the coronavirus epidemic, but there are still hundreds of new cases recorded every day in June with New York City bearing the bulk.

Plays and musicals are considered mass gatherings, and would likely be the last facet of pre-coronavirus life to reopen. The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry, projected that performances could resume in early 2021 "over a series of rolling dates" to end its longest shutdown in history since mid-March.

百老汇联盟董事会主席托马斯·舒马赫(Thomas Schumacher)认为百老汇所有员工和观众的安全是最重要的，并表示，“我们只有在安全的情况下才会再次返回舞台，当百老汇剧院能够安全容纳满座观众时，所有陌生人凝聚成一名观众的魔力将再次为舞台上和幕后的每位表演者提供动力。”

同时，百老汇联盟表示，他们正在制定完善的安全计划，希望使百老汇这个纽约最具吸引力的旅游景点安全地重新开放。

"The alchemy of 1,000 strangers bonding into a single audience fueling each performer on stage and behind the scenes will be possible again when Broadway theaters can safely host full houses," Thomas Schumacher, chairman of the board of The Broadway League, said in a statement.

"The safety of our cast, crew, orchestra and audience is our highest priority and we look forward to returning to our stages only when it's safe to do so," he added.

The Broadway League said plans to safely re-open New York's most bankable tourist attraction were being developed, including screening and testing showgoers, along with cleaning and sanitizing protocols.

与采取谨慎防疫措施的百老汇不同，VMA颁奖典礼将会于8月底如期举行。这将是新冠肺炎在美国大流行以来纽约州首个大型集会活动。

周一，MTV的一位代表表示，该颁奖典礼将于8月30日在布鲁克林巴克莱中心举行，但为了确保安全，节目演出场馆内都会严格实施观众容量限制和保持观众社交距离。此外，纽约州州长安德鲁·科莫(Andrew Cuomo)在周一的新闻发布会上也宣布了这一消息，并强调，“这次活动将遵循所有的安全指南，包括限制观众人数甚至是空场举办。”

但是目前还不清楚该颁奖典礼会有多少场现场表演，具体内容将会待后公布。对于那些看不到现场音乐剧的爱好者们来说，VMA颁奖典礼至少可以让他们能够感受到现场灯光，音乐和舞蹈的魅力，使他们重新体验纽约的娱乐、艺术生活。 

Unlike Broadway, which is taking cautious steps, the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) will soon hold the first major awards show in a physical venue since the coronavirus pandemic.

MTV and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that the VMA will take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn of New York City on August 30 following safety guidelines.

MTV said some VMA performances would take place at unspecified New York landmarks and that social distancing and limits on capacity would be enforced at the 19,000-seat indoor venue.

It was not clear how many performances would be live. The youth TV network said in a statement that details and potential options for the show would come later "based on the science and data in New York."

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