Andre De Shields King Lear in St. Louis?

[Wee Thomas2]

Andre De Shields King Lear in St. Louis?#1

Posted: 4/30/21 at 11:43am

https://stlshakes.org/production/king-lear/

 

Anyone else going?

[fashionguru_23]

Andre De Shields King Lear in St. Louis?#2

Posted: 4/30/21 at 12:31pm

I'll be honest and say that I misread the thread, and thought we were talking about the Chicago/Disney production of "The Jungle Book" where De Shields played "King Louis"...oops!

[Alex Kulak2]

Andre De Shields King Lear in St. Louis?#3

Posted: 5/1/21 at 12:27am

Is this an in-person production?

[Wee Thomas2]

Andre De Shields King Lear in St. Louis?#4

Posted: 5/1/21 at 3:13am

Everything we’ve read says it will be live. Andre was on Wait Wait last weekend talking about this.

[bowtie7]

Andre De Shields King Lear in St. Louis?#5

Posted: 5/1/21 at 9:26am

St Louis Shakespeare Festival performs outdoors in Forrest Park (same park as the Muny but a different location). In normal times, the site can accommodate thousands, this year seating will be limited to allow for social distancing. The Festival website says to check on May 3 for information about reservations.

[Wee Thomas2]

Andre De Shields King Lear in St. Louis?#6

Posted: 5/1/21 at 9:54am

Seating is available for “members”, which costs $40. We have a blanket pod reserved.

[Wee Thomas2]

Andre De Shields King Lear in St. Louis?#7

Posted: 6/6/21 at 1:42pm

De Shields was great. Rest of cast ranged from competent to very good. Was hard to hear all the lines, and the play is complicated to begin with.  Andre does interact with audience members up close (groups in both sides of us, but not i0us) which freaked out one guy who was “resting his eyes”. Facility is great, but bring bug spray!

 

we’ve got some limited edition “money” with add Shields’ face on it that was thrown into the crowd.

[suzycat]

Andre De Shields King Lear in St. Louis?#8

Posted: 6/6/21 at 2:37pm

I’m seeing this in a couple weeks! Cannot wait.