Healing On A High Note
Black Rep closes Season 46 with ‘Eubie’
Kenya Vaughn | The St. Louis American
Photos by Phil Hamer
Last week’s opening of the Black Rep’s presentation of Eubie at Washington University’s Edison Theatre marked the third time they have presented the Tony nominated musical – most recently in 1999.
However, the current production – which runs through May 21 – sees their company sharing an experience parallel to the musical’s namesake and his journey with mounting a musical production during the aftershock of a global pandemic, the Spanish Flu.
The year was 1921. Communities were still feeling the aftershock as they emerged and attempted to navigate the process of picking up the pieces after an extended period of forced isolation.