Alabama Theater Community Joins Together for One Voice Birmingham Videos

By Alec Harvey

When the coronavirus shut down local theaters in March, Barry Austin didn’t really know what to do.

“I had been rehearsing ‘The Fantasticks’ at the Virginia Samford Theatre, and we were about a week away from opening,” he says. “I saw all of my friends, all of the world, really, so suddenly going through the reality of this situation. I thought, wouldn’t it be great to see each other, comfort each other, help each other. I just wanted to do something.”

So he did. Austin talked with Jan Hunter and Joe Zellner, and they came up with One Voice Birmingham, a group from the theater community joining together to sing a song together, albeit virtually.

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