The New Yorker - USA (2020-05-04)

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The century-old West Village piano bar Marie’s Crisis has shut its doors amid the pandemic, but the
Broadway sing-along continues every night via Facebook Live. The bar’s crooning waitstaff is there,
too. “It’s been an amazing experience to create this online community,” Yvette Monique Clark (above),
who has worked at Marie’s Crisis for five years, says. (Her signature number: “When You’re Good to
Mama,” from “Chicago.”) Catch her on Sundays and Thursdays, belting from her Flatbush apartment.
PHOTOGRAPH BY RYAN DUFFIN

GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN


APRIL 29 – M AY 5, 2020


In an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, New York City museums, galleries, theatres,
music venues, and cinemas have closed. Here’s a selection of culture to be found online and streaming.
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