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hopefully. >> thank you chris. thank you at home for joining us this hour. alex has the night off. if you are someone who is concerned about donald trump becoming the president united states, as a lot of people are, then this weeks been a real rollercoaster. just go back to the beginning of the week, with polling from the new york times showing donald trump leading joe biden in five out of six cuban ground states. that sent a lot of people into a panic. but the democratic presidents ch...

from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late also at the end of monday. e end of monday. if you are someone who is concerned about donald trump becoming the president united states, as a lot of people are, then this week has been a real rollercoaster. just go back to the beginning of the week, with polling from the new york times showing donald trump leading joe biden in five out of six cuban ground states. that sent a lot of people into a pani...

Kindra Steenerson, a part-time instructor in the theater department, directs this production of "Talleys Folly," one of a trilogy of plays about the Talley family of Lebanon, Missouri, which includes Wilsons acclaimed "Fifth of July." But this show shines moonlight on only two characters: Matt Friedman, a Jewish immigrant accountant from St. Louis, and Sally, the once-promising daughter of the Talley clan -- wealthy, conservative and Protestant. Played by UNCW theater students Davis Wood and Me...

This spring will also see musical theater, outdoors for the time being, from Opera House Theatre Co., which is bringing four performers from Broadway and Broadway touring shows for "Legends Live On!", a musical revue on Thalian Halls historic portico. Dates are 6:30 p.m. March 19-21 and 26-28. The show will feature the performers Deaundre’ Woods (title role of “Hamilton” in the Broadway national tour), Alex Hairston (Donna Summer in the tour of “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”), Wil...

The coronavirus pandemic has been the biggest threat to the ethos of "the show must go on" that live theater has ever seen. Following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, most productions paused only briefly, if at all, and shows have continued despite all kinds of mishaps, from lead actors falling sick mere hours, or even minutes, before curtain, to an impressive, if unexpected, array of technical failures. While Broadway might still be dark, the University of North Carolina Wilmingtons Department of The...