Shakespeare

“The Merry Wives of Windsor” gets a 1990s sitcom twist.

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. St. Louis Public Radio’s 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 — and makes room for new interpretations of a revered playwright.

In a heated conversation during the first act of “District Merchants,” a white immigrant tells a black man that he understands the other’s plight: “I know…

It’s opening night for “Hip Hop Hamlet” and more than 200 women dressed in baggy, khaki-colored clothes have packed into the gymnasium at the women’s…

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…

As the cast of “Hamlet” carefully rehearsed for opening night, they also got ready to break something: the fourth wall — the theater term for the…

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,…

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…

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…