Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage serves up old Hollywood in the hilarious and poignant comedy, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. Directed by Jo Bonney. Vera Stark, an African-American Vaudeville actor, lives with her friends in Hollywood in the 1930s. Closing Date: March 10, 2019 Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 W 42nd St. By Lynn Nottage. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Tuesday, November 17 - Saturday, November 21, 2015 Vera Stark, an African-American Vaudeville actor, lives with her friends in Hollywood in the 1930s. I will confess to being a little obsessed with maid–turned–movie star Vera Stark, the fictional subject of Lynn Nottage’s 2011 play By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, now being revived at off-Broadway’s Signature Theatre.. Again, she is fictional. once you meet vera stark, you can't forget her...an incandescent career high for dawn ursula...not enough can be said about her performance. Life is a struggle as she and her friends take demeaning bit parts, in hopes of creating a name for herself. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark NYT Critic's Pick Off Broadway, Comedy/Drama, Play 2 hrs. As a satirical dark comedy, it wasn’t what audiences were expecting of Lynn Nottage, and it probably wasn’t what they were expecting in 2011. By The Way, Meet Vera Stark, Nottage’s razor-sharp satire about the struggle of black actresses in the movie industry, now being given a crackling revival at Signature Theaters. Vera Stark is Nottage’s own larger-than-life creation – a composite of McDaniel, Harris and others – who fell victim to stereotypical racial casting over the decades. You could be forgiven if you were to go into the Geffen Playhouse wanting — expecting is more like it— “By The Way, Have You Met Vera Stark” to be a rare treat. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Overview - The BEST Broadway source for By the Way, Meet Vera Stark tickets and By the Way, Meet Vera Stark information, photos and videos. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Overview - The BEST Broadway source for By the Way, Meet Vera Stark tickets and By the Way, Meet Vera Stark information, photos and videos. once you meet vera stark, you can't forget her...an incandescent career high for dawn ursula...not enough can be said about her performance. and generosity of spirit, both playful and poignant. it is a true star turn, showing breathtaking versatility (she sings, she dances, she acts!) Vera Stark, an African-American Vaudeville actor, lives with her friends in Hollywood in the 1930s. In 2011, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark premiered at Second Stage, on the heels of Lynn Nottage’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined. Spanning a 70-year period of history, this play is a journey through the life of Vera Stark, a headstrong African-American maid and budding actress, and her tangled relationship with her boss, a white Hollywood star desperately grasping to hold on to her career. About By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. ‘By the Way, Meet Vera Stark’ By Lynne Nottage Directed by Jo Bonney With Sanaa Lathan, Amanda Detmer Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles Through Oct. 28, 2012. Lynn Nottage photo by Gregory Costanzo. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Overview - The BEST Broadway source for By the Way, Meet Vera Stark tickets and By the Way, Meet Vera Stark information, photos and videos. it is a true star turn, showing breathtaking versatility (she sings, she dances, she acts!) Life is a struggle as she and her friends take demeaning bit parts, in hopes of creating a name for herself. Vera Stark is Nottage’s own larger-than-life creation – a composite of McDaniel, Harris and others – who fell victim to stereotypical racial casting over the decades. Photo: Joan Marcus. By The Way, Meet Vera Stark, Nottage’s razor-sharp satire about the struggle of black actresses in the movie industry, now being given a crackling revival at Signature Theaters.