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Inside The Arts: ESSENCE Countdown, Suzan Lori-Parks’ Wars, Shakespeare Fest

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ESSENCE Festival 2017

This week on Inside the Arts, ESSENCE magazine executives are in town as the 23rd annual ESSENCE Festival nears. We talk with the magazine's features editor, Lauren Williams.

Then, a fight for freedom as Southern Rep Theatre presents Suzan-Lori Parks' Civil War drama, Father Comes Home From the Wars, parts 1, 2, and 3.

And, The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane kicks off its 24th season with The Taming of the Shrew.

Click here for the latest episodes of Inside the Arts.

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