Actors portraying real-life figures will often pick up a history book to research their roles. But the homework hasn't been easy for actors Frank Britton and Dane Figueroa Edidi. The characters they play in Erik Ehn's new drama Shape — African-American entertainers Billy and Cordelia McClain, respectively — were very real. But although the husband-and-wife [...]
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:13PM on September 20, 2012