It took a few hours to answer all the emails and letters from the audience, the manager of a theater recently said.
Some only asked with interest, others scolded: Why are all the city and state theaters now saying goodbye to the holidays when they would have been on “Corona vacation” for so long at the taxpayer's expense?
And why exactly this intoxication that unfolds on the local stages after the first looseness and shortly before the game-free time?
People just don't even know where to rush to first - one premiere follows the other, some pieces that have been rehearsed in lockdown under the most stressful conditions are only played twice.
Then they go away.
At best by autumn.
Many don't even come anymore.
After all, something else has long been commissioned for the 2021/22 season.
Corona has shown: It is difficult to steer a tanker around like a big theater - even if many would like it to.
The product and the fee
The fact that this season's final spurt is getting underway is not only due to the euphoria that we are finally able to play and make music again.
All of the independent directing teams who work there are only paid their fee in full when their product has gone through the stage - beforehand there are only partial amounts.
And why don't the public theaters just keep playing through the summer?
Even just shortening the agreed play-free time needs negotiations with all those involved, artists, technology, administration, workshops, all of whom are employed with different contracts.
Here and there there has been talk, behind the scenes - to no avail or for a few days.
In summer, outside, the free stages and those who can react more flexibly now play.
The tankers lock up until the rehearsals start again in August.