Best known for her 1943 semi-autobiographical coming-of-age debut novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (which served as the inspiration for two movies and a musical), author Betty Smith was also a devoted playwright, whose first love was the theater. In 1931, while attending the University of Michigan, the Brooklyn native received the Avery Hopwood Prize […]
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:00PM on February 27, 2023