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By the Way Meet Vera Stark

Theater Review: “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark” — Take Two

“By the Way, Meet Vera Stark” suggests the dismissive attitude the public has toward African American actors, but the script doesn’t go far enough to make its title character three-dimensional.

By: Terry Byrne Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: By the Way Meet Vera Stark, Lynn Nottage, Summer l. Williams, The Lyric Stage Company of Boston

Theater Review: “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark” — On Race and Hollywood

The chief glory of the Lyric Stage production: an ensemble of eight actors that agilely accents the humor dramatist Lynn Nottage utilizes to temper her examination of the darker racial and political subtexts of the period.

By: Iris Fanger Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: By the Way Meet Vera Stark, Lynn Nottage, The Lyric Stage Company of Boston

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