Hattie… What I Need You to Know
Opening Night: August 21, 2008
Closing: October 4, 2008
Theater: National Black Theatre
Written by acclaimed actress of stage and screen, Vickilyn Reynolds, who has starred in Bring In da Noise, Bring In da Funk, The Colored Museum and Mama I Want to Sing, Hattie What I Need You To Know! captures the essence of Hattie McDaniel’s humble beginnings in Denver and her rise to stardom in Hollywood with heart and soul.
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August 21, 2008
What does it mean that the first African-American to win an Academy Award did so playing a loyal slave in a pulpy paean to the plantation South? What was it like to be a black vaudevillian on the road in an often-hostile America?
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