How Shakespeare helps this theater teacher empower young artists from South L.A.
Melanie Andrews is the artistic director of Inner City Shakespeare, a growing network for Black and Latino performers to make it in entertainment.
Today is Monday, May 25, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Cody Jamison Strand Anne Heche Beth McDonald Eve Ensler Karen Valentine Leslie Uggams Deanna Dunagan Ian McKellen Dixie Carter Sarah Marshall Roger Bowen Lorraine Foreman Joseph Bova Hal David Dorothy Sarnoff Mary Nell Santacroce Henry Calvin Sidney Carroll Cecil Clovelly Marie Doro Bill Robinson J. Malcolm Dunn Erica Fitz Hector Troy Kevin O'Morrison Cillian Murphy Johnny Doran Margaret Forster Miles Malleson