The Public Theater has postponed its digital gala, “We Are One Public,” as a result of protests across the nation.
“On this time of nationwide trauma, when the Covid disaster has so disproportionately impacted the Black neighborhood, when the injustices of our lifestyle have been made so clear, it simply feels fallacious for us to sail forward with our occasion,” a be aware on the theater’s web site said.
“It is a time for mourning and reflection,” the assertion continued.
“It has taken us far too lengthy to proclaim the straightforward reality: Black Lives Matter,” the New York Metropolis-based theater firm additional said. “We should stand in solidarity with Black artists, Black workers members, and the Black neighborhood … The Public is set to be on the facet that fights racism and inequality manifested inside and out of doors of our partitions.”
Meryl Streep, Alicia Keys, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Antonio Banderas, Glenn Shut and extra had been scheduled to take part within the occasion scheduled for Monday night time.
