St. Louis Arts Coverage by Jeremy Goodwin

“Romeo and Zooliet” is a kid-friendly adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” that puts large, custom-made animal puppets at center stage. St. Louis Shakespeare Festival will perform it at St. Louis Zoo from Tuesday through Aug. 17.

New festival Free 4 All will take over 10 venues in Grand Center the weekend before Music At The Intersection. Organizers of the new festival say it’s a sort of opening act for MATI, featuring St. Louis artists.

A tornado benefit concert at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Sunday will feature the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Chorus and the IN UNISON Chorus. The May 16 tornado damaged the churches and homes of many IN UNISON singers.

A program launched by a trio of nonprofit organizations seeks to reinforce St. Louis’s reputation as a hub for music — and to make streets more welcoming to residents and visitors — by paying musicians to play on street corners.

Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage teamed with her poet daughter Runy Aiyo Gerber and veteran composer Ricky Ian Gordon to create “This House,” which makes its world premiere at Opera Theatre of St. Louis through June 29.

Gateway Creative Media, an Evangelical Christian nonprofit that operates JOY FM 99.1 and BOOST Radio in St. Louis, will make an HD radio frequency available to KDHX.

KDHX supporters are raising funds and making plans for a rebirth of the station, but first they need a judge to reject a sale on Monday. KDHX leaders have said the only way to pay off its debts is through a sale of the station’s broadcast license and assets.

“Hamlet” may be the most well-known play in the English language, but the Forest Park production shows it can still supply new sounds and surprises.

Several arts and culture organizations in St. Louis suffered tornado damage but are rebuilding and moving forward with help from their supporters.

With its ongoing production of August Wilson’s “Radio Golf,” the Black Rep in St. Louis becomes the first theater company ever to produce all 10 plays in Wilson’s American Century Cycle twice. The show runs through June 1.