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Interview: Actress Tamberla Perry On Her Leading Role At The Goodman
of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. In By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, now playing at the Goodman, Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage explores racism from the lens of 1930s Hollywood. We caught up with native Chicagoan Tamberla Perry — playing the lead from Chicagoist Read more »
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'Vera Stark' is set in Hollywood but stranded between styles
the first part of "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark," the new play by the formidable, Pulitzer Prize-winning scribe Lynn Nottage, a couple of African-American actresses in 1933 Hollywood are perusing a screenplay. No surprise to these women, it is to be one of from Chicago Tribune Read more »
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Things to do and see, May 3-9
the Way, Meet Vera Stark,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Lynn Nottage, draws upon the films of the 1930s to take a funny and irreverent look at racial stereotypes in Hollywood with a production accentuated by film and photography. The play, directed by from The State Read more »
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'Vera Stark' looks back at lost stars
idea for "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark," now in performances through June 2 at the Goodman Theatre, came to playwright Lynn Nottage the way so many of us discover so many slivers of old Hollywood. How? By happening upon a lesser-known title on the Turner Classic from Chicago Tribune Read more »
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Burning Coal’s “Ruined” Offers a Dose of Harsh Reality
shows, such as “The Client List” and “Secret Diary of a Call Girl” glamorize prostitution and the objectification of women, Lynn Nottage’s “Ruined” is a much-needed dose of harsh reality. The play, set in war-ravaged Africa, takes a look at the lives of three from Triangle Arts and Entertainment Read more »
