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The Cemetery Club, The Apple Doesn’t Fall…, and more. Lee Wallace, a veteran of the stage and screen who appeared on Broadway regularly from the late 1960s and into the ‘90s, died December 20 at the age of 90 following complications from an illness. The actor made his Broadway debut in 1969’s A Teaspoon Every Four Hours, which had a preview period of 97 performances before closing on its official opening night. A series of limited (but nonetheless lengthier) runs on the Ma...

What is your typical day like now? Oof, it really depends! Definitely one of the challenges of this time has been a lack of consistent routine. I try to do an online yoga class (thank you, Yoga with Adriene!) once a day. I have my wonderful dog/fur-child Mia Belle to take care of, so we walk at least three, if not four times a day. We live close to Riverside Park, so it has been lovely seeing the seasons change. Oftentimes Ill have some sort of video to put on tape, and that requires a lot of r...

by Broadway.com Staff • Dec 14, 2020 Tony-winning Broadway legend Ann Reinking has died at the age of 71, her sister-in-law Dahrla King confirmed to Variety. Reinking, a celebrated director, choreographer, actress and dancer, was one of the foremost interpreters of Bob Fosses iconic choreography and was a driving force behind the long-running revival of Chicago, which has been a Main Stem mainstay for 24 years. “The world and our family have lost a vibrant, amazing talent and beautiful so...

My Name Is Lucy Barton, West Side Story, and Girl from the North Country Every time a show opens on Broadway is an historic event—a feat of craft and construction—and 2020 was no exception. Though the list of shows slated to open was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Main Stem still saw new works and revivals, large musicals and quiet dramas alike. The year began with the opening of Girl From the North Country, with several other shows beginning previews before Broadway w...

The main stem of the yukon river. temperatures may have been 70 degrees. that may not sound that bad, but theyre used to temperatures closer to 60 degrees. that much of a difference is too much for the fish. maybe a day or two they can handle it. for the long-term journey that may make, that becomes too much. heat stress takes over, and they end up dying from that. and yes, unfortunately, thats the thing. its the economic impact. in the short-term term, yes, this is a big toughest thing. -- tour...

Right now the situation in columbia, as well as in the r h richland county area around columbia is where they have people they need to get to but theres just not enough resources to get to them. thats always a problem in a disaster. good news is that people can get high enough and stay high enough they can wait it out. this is all unfolding. i caution anybody, when theres a flood and moving water, water flowing downhill, theres other problems that begin to ensue and other areas that begin to flo...

Place? are there plans to open even more gates? >> right now, the way that its designed is we open gates to maintain a certain amount of pressure and take some pressure off. its a pressure release valve for the same system. it takes it out of the main stem system. the gates will be opened in a phased process, and new orleans district is going to make that decision based on what the river is doing and what kind of pressure is on the system. but as you probably saw in the footage yesterday, 10,000...

>> thats the mississippi river tributaries project were working on right now. next slide -- on this slide here, this is what guys thought about 30 years ago and what weve been constructing for the last -- since 1928, to put a system together where we meet certain gauges an certain requirements where we take water off of the main stem of the mississippi and we move them around to different areas and stage that water so we can continue to protect lives as we move down river. you know we opened up ...

flood walls. those walls could fail. the citys mayor talked about his concerns with our ed lavandera. >> are you worried about it flooding? this is the heart of the city right here. >> it is the heart of the city, primarily protected by that wall right there. it would take a failure of that wall before this would be at risk. what were really concerned about is that high river stage raising the water level back where the lake is, and if that got topped, because that level of protection ...

The army corps of engineers is weighing more levee explosions to divert flood waters around other towns. residents in seven states now are on edge about more flooding from the mighty mississippi river. >> any time the rain come up, we got to get ready to get gone. i dont want to run every time it cloud up. >> i cant talk. everything you work for is -- is gone. >> weather channel meteorologist mike seidel is live now in ledbetter, kentucky. so many people are hurt and are hurting because of this....