Metropolitan Opera delivers death blow to hopes for theater 

return 20/21 season

BY RYAN MCPHEE

SEP 23, 2020

With 3800 seats, the nation’s largest performing arts organization's cancellation of it entire 2021 season may well prove to be the trendsetter that impacts all live theater: Broadway theaters, symphony halls, rock venues, comedy clubs, dance spaces and other live arts institutions across the country.