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Halfway through Simply Sondheim comes a one-two punch of timely resonance, and in a way that’s far more impactful today than when the musical revue premiered at Signature Theatre six years ago. Sagely leading the group number “Now You Know” from Merrily We Roll Along, Awa Sal Secka might as well be commiserating with all those whose views about life, people, or society writ large have become appreciably less optimistic as a result of the pandemic and the related social ills it has exace...

change volume WTOPs Jason Fraley previews Simply Sondheim (Part 1) He was the first Black actor to play “The Phantom of the Opera” on Broadway before recently starring as one of the four Vietnam vets in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” (2020). Now, Norm Lewis headlines the musical revue concert “Simply Sondheim,” which streams on the Signature Theatre website via Marquee TV now through March 26. “We closed our doors in the middle of March like everybody else,” director Matthew Ga...

Tony Kushners Angels in America has joined the lineup of National Theatre at Home, the official streaming service of Londons National Theatre. Marianne Elliotts production was filmed during its 2017 run at the National, prior to its Broadway engagement the next year. The filmed Angels in America features nearly the exact same cast lineup as the New York run, led by Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield as Roy Cohn and Prior Walter, respectively, roles for which they would eventually win Tonys. ...

  MONTREAL -- A half-dozen games into the abbreviated 2021 NHL season, the Montreal Canadiens play at home for the first time tonight when they host the Calgary Flames at the Bell Centre in the first of two games against the Albertans. Cheers, boos, music and all other crowd noises will be piped in through the arenas sound system as fans are swapped for inanimate banners and advertising placards. After a solid road trip to start the season, the Habs are looking to continue their hot start ...

The 25-year-old television personality is expecting her third child with her husband, Bobby Smith. Advertisement Bates said Tuesday on Instagram that she is expecting a daughter. News of her pregnancy comes less than 10 months after the birth of her second child, son Kolter Gray. Bates and Smith also have a 2-year-old son, Robert Ellis, aka Kade. "Two of the richest blessings God has given us in our first few years of marriage have been the priceless lives he has entrusted to us in our little b...

The local theatre community is paying its respects to the life and talent of veteran acto...

Watch selected clips from our best of video journalism in 2020. LINCOLN — Buying thousands of dollars’ worth of Chicago Cubs tickets was a “unique fundraising opportunity” for the Kansas-based nonprofit that oversees child welfare cases in the Omaha area, according to its former president and CEO. The Rev. Bobby Smith, who led St. Francis Ministries until late October, took issue with reports about the purchase in a statement to the World-Herald Tuesday. “While I am dis...

Former CEO of Saint Francis Ministries December 22, 2020 In the weeks since I resigned from Saint Francis Ministries, I have intentionally sought to not engage in public discourse about all that has occurred. While I am disheartened by inaccurate and uninformed reporting, I remain confident that my team and I were sincere in our efforts to transform Saint Francis into a nationally and internationally respected organization resembling its earliest missional context; one focused on the needs of v...

Smith releases statement about Saint Francis investigation Bobby Smith In the weeks since I resigned from Saint Francis Ministries, I have intentionally sought to not engage in public discourse about all that has occurred. While I am disheartened by inaccurate and uninformed reporting, I remain confident that my team and I were sincere in our efforts to transform Saint Francis into a nationally and internationally respected organization resembling its earliest missional context; one focused on ...

Montreal Canadiens’ Eurotrip: Part 1 — A team in turmoil Share this story This past September, the marked the 30th anniversary of their one-and-only trip across the Atlantic ocean to the Soviet Union. They brought their reputable franchise to an unfriendly territory, just as massive political upheaval was sweeping the territory, to face off against their storied rival for the first time on their soil. This is the story of that tour. The history between the Canadiens and the Soviet Union ...