South Africa revives groundbreaking apartheid-era musical

CORRECTS SOURCE – In this photo provided by the Fugard Theatre taken on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 the cast perform in a production of “King Kong” in Johannesburg. The rise and fall of a black South African boxer known as “King Kong” inspired a 1959 musical whose black cast performed for multi-racial audiences, testing the apartheid system of that era and attracting Nelson Mandela to its opening night. Now the musical that helped to propel the global careers of singer Miriam Makeba and trumpeter Hugh Masekela is back on the stage. (Daniel Rutland Manners/ Fugard Theatre via AP)