Baseball is the national pastime, but it’s a game that may need to find a way to reach the Black youth demographic. “There aren’t as many African American kids playing the game that I would ...

Burke is the casting director for “School of Rock,” the musical based on the 2003 movie about musically inclined elementary school kids who ... able to actually play instruments.

He was uncertain, but said he liked the idea of playing a string instrument. The cello became his choice. “I thought maybe the cello was something to try,” he said. “I wanted to play harmony ...