André De Shields is an actor, singer, choreographer, writer, musician, lyricist, a professor and an icon of style. He recently played Hermes in Hadestown on Broadway, and he'll appear as King Lear at the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival this summer.
We've invited De Shields — a Broadway star — to answer three questions about narrow ways, that is, canals.
Click the audio link above to find out how he does.
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