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The Black Rep is sharing the story of William Henry Brown with a production of "The African Company presents Richard III." The play opens the company's 46th season. 漏 2024 外网天堂鈥檚 Chad Davis asked director and Black Rep founder Ron Himes why the theater's story is so intriguing.

Many critics of the white-dominated theater canon in the U.S. point to the intense focus on Shakespeare as a force that holds back artists of color. St. Louis Shakespeare Festival's production of "King Lear" features a predominately Black cast 鈥� and makes room for new interpretations of a revered playwright.

In a heated conversation during the first act of 鈥淒istrict Merchants,鈥� a white immigrant tells a black man that he understands the other鈥檚 plight: 鈥淚 know鈥�

It鈥檚 opening night for 鈥淗ip Hop Hamlet鈥� and more than 200 women dressed in baggy, khaki-colored clothes have packed into the gymnasium at the women鈥檚鈥�

Neon lights and the colors of young love will brighten Forest Park over the next three weeks, when Shakespeare Festival St. Louis presents the bard's鈥�

As the cast of 鈥淗amlet鈥� carefully rehearsed for opening night, they also got ready to break something: the fourth wall 鈥� the theater term for the鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 25, 2013 - Laura Bates first went to prison in Chicago. She wasn't there to stay, of course,鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 4, 2011 - "Anonymous" is a curious movie in a number of ways. First, for trying to make sense of鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 6, 2011 - Shakespeare kicks off one of his most famous seasonal sonnets with the line "From you鈥�