But first, the classical theater of harlem features the first noel. Its playing now through december 31st at the apollo sound stage. Jason michael webb, Lelund Thompson are here, joined by ty jones, the artistic director for the classical theater of harlem. Good morning to you. Background d on the first noel, whats it about, jay . About a family who has suffered a great loss around christmas time. Lelund, how did it come about . Years ago. Ty jones said we need to recreate a 21st century dickens, someplace that offers a place for our community to see something that gets us in the Christmas Spirit uptown. And he was, like, i think you are the guy to do it, you and Jason Michael webb. How long have you two been collaborators . Wow, a few years. This piece was commissioned back in 2012, and weve been working on this since then. So, ty, you take this idea to lelund, and now when we think of the holidays, you know, youre talking about loss, you know . Is it a tough theme to try to manage in