Back in April, when everyone hoped the Covid-19 thing would be over in a reasonable amount of time, Ruth Eckerd Hall Executive Vice President of Entertainment Bobby Rossi was still booking and announcing new shows for the summer, optimistically thinking normal was just around the corner.
That ol’ devil virus has hung around for almost a half year now, and while the theater doors in Eckerd’s 2,200-seat man hall remain closed, as they do at the smaller Capitol Theatre across town, Rossi and his crew have had significant success with their series of socially-distanced (intimate audience, tables spaced far apart) acoustic shows in the Clearwater venue's 6,000-square-foot lobby. The series, which began in June, features artists who live, or have family, in the area.
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