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Last Saturday Opera Theatre of St. Louis premiered a new adaptation of Scott Joplin’s legendary opera Treemonisha. It is a bright and worthy addition to our recent flurry of adoration of some of America’s major black composers; the Black Rep closed their stunningly fine evening of Eubie Blake’s music three days earlier.
The outstanding musical revue will lift your spirits
The Paul Robeson Award will be bestowed on Dale R. Shields for 2021, Pearl Cleage for 2022 and The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City for 2023.
The St. Louis theater finds pathos and kindness in the complexities of daily work
Nearly 10 years ago, Ward moved to Los Angeles the day after his high school graduation to pursue his dreams in commercial dance.