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I love New York. Particularly the area of Manhattan that falls within 7th and 9th Avenues between 40th and 54th, roughly. Theatre District, baby! That's why I've been coming here for the last 6 or so years and I'm grateful for the ability to do it. That being said, this latest play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Lynn Nottage, was first up on the list.
Inspired by the struggles of actresses like Hattie McDaniel and Butterfly McQueen, MEET VERA STARK takes a look at film industry racism, but it does so in some fairly hilarious and unexpected ways. With many black actresses of 1930's Hollywood being confined to playing the maid or the nanny, Nottage follows her fictitious title character's climb up the Hollywood food chain to modest celebrity through to the 1970's.
