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The 2023-2025 PNC Arts Alive grant recipients are Dance St. Louis, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, St. Louis ArtWorks and the St. Louis Black Repertory Company ST. LOUIS - The PNC Foundation through...

Founded in 1964 in the basement of Progressive Baptist Church, the Black Repertory Group (BRG) moved to a storefront at 1719 Alcatraz until the Black community, led by members of Downs Memorial Church, reached deep into their pockets, and, with the help of the City of Berkeley, built their theater on Adeline St. BRG had two missions: to serve underprivileged, underserved and minority populations and perform the works of Black playwrights. | Part II By Tanya Dennis Founded in 1964 in the basement...

“I guess this has been my life’s work,” St. Louis native Kelvin Roston Jr. says about his one-man musical set on the last day of soul musician Donny Hathaway’s life.

The St. Louis Black Repertory Company’s annual announcement of the plays that will collectively represent its mainstage season came with a bit of delayed gratification for year 47.

Companys 2023-24 season features plays that have inspired award-winning movies and classics from playwrights including August Wilson.

Companys 2023-24 season features plays that have inspired award-winning movies and classics from playwrights including August Wilson.

The charitable arm of PNC Bank awarded $250,000 in grants to Dance St. Louis, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the Black Rep and St. Louis ArtWorks.

The cultural excellence and sense of community that St. Louis hosted last weekend as part of the Black Theatre Network’s 37th Annual Conference had to be experienced to be fully

The difference between a laugh riot and a ho-hum piece is all in the timing, according to veteran director Gary Wayne Barker. That’s why it’s crucial that every punch line,

Kelly Howe and Curt Landes Won’t Shut Up: A Saga of Song Join Kelly and Curt for a night of tunes from Beatles to Broadway and plenty in between. Also cocktails.