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Professional sports grind to a halt

By Michael Allen IV

The night that we got out for spring break, the NBA’s greatest COVID-19 fear came true: a player had caught it. That player, all-star Rudy Gobert, was criticized for his carelessness towards the virus. In an interview a few days before his diagnosis where he was asked about potentially having the virus, he responded by touching all microphones in sight. Rudy’s situation was a turning point for how the virus has been handled in America. All professional sporting events were postponed or cancelled (save eSports, which continues to stand strong!).

Rudy Gobert and His Teammate Donovan Mitchell
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Newsies hailed as best Winter Musical of all time

Performances fill Smith Theater to capacity

By Christian Landry I

In a year full of firsts, Roxbury Latin’s first Winter Musical was a huge success. This year’s production was Disney’s Newsies, a story about a group of young kids who sell newspapers in New York. The group is led by Jack Kelly, played by Nick Chehwan I, an energetic and passionate leader who organizes a strike against the newspaper company The World, after Mr. Pulitzer (Ian Richardson I) raises newspaper prices. Jack unites the different bands of Newsies from all across New York and forms a union against the newspapers. He is only able to organize everyone with the help of his friends, especially Crutchie (Ale Philippides III) and Davey (David Sullivan III). Despite Crutchie’s capture and imprisonment in The Refuge, a children’s prison, and Pulitzer’s attempts to bribe and thwart Jack’s plans, the Newsies push strong and eventually, with the help of Governor Roosevelt (Teddy Glaeser III), are able to get what they want.

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