In 1999, after receiving SDC's "Mr. Abbott Award," director/playwright/actress Vinnette Carroll spoke with SDC Executive Director David Diamond about her life as the first African American woman to direct on Broadway. She describes her mother's intense desire for her children to be cultured and how she encouraged Carroll to pursue the arts. She speaks about breaking into acting with a production of "Ceasar and Cleopa…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:01AM on February 18, 2010