Review: 'Meet Vera Stark' for an entertaining look at challenges

Lynn Nottage takes a fictional look at a real actress, providing a view into the sisterhood of African American women as they face a world skewed against them.

Theresa Harris was an African American actress whose name rings few bells today. A scene-stealer who appeared in the 1933 movie "Baby Face" opposite Barbara Stanwyck, she was born too early to fully capitalize on her talent in a Hollywood that offered limited roles for black women, even for one with undeniable star quality.

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