Andre De Shields relishes 'Jungle Book' role by Jill Radsken, Theater, Jill Radsken, Theater

Andre De Shields couldn't resist playing King Louie in the stage version of "The Jungle Book" " even if Disney made him up."Orangutans aren't even indigenous to India," said De Shields, who could school audiences young and old on the history of the beloved Rudyard Kipling book, the 1967 animated­ movie and, especially, the plum role that brings down the house every night at the Huntington Theatre Company.

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