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‘Ballyhoo’ gently probes stereotypes, anti-Semitism by Terry Byrne, Globe Correspondent

WELLESLEY — Playwright Alfred Uhry is a master at finding the humanity behind stereotypes. His “Driving Miss Daisy’’ took the notion of a Southern Jewish woman hiring an African-American chauffeur and made it resonate with friendship and loyalty, while the turbulent ’60s rumbled in the background. “The Last Night of Ballyhoo,’’ now getting a richly layered production fr…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:22PM on January 9, 2011

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