With his debut performance at London’s Royal Coburg Theatre the following year, he became the first professional African-American actor in the country. “Red Velvet” begins in 1833 ...

It’s a great metaphor, suggesting theater’s rich history; a stage’s velvet curtains (Scott M. Davis’ scenic design surrounds an in-the-round playing space with cascading red velvet ...

Jewel Theatre's 2019 production of 'Red Velvet ... to the fact that London theaters in the 19th century all had red velvet curtains. The only reference to this in the play is when Aldridge ...

Lolita Chakrabarti’s Red Velvet is her attempt to answer ... reconstruction of what happened behind the plush curtains of the Covent Garden Theatre Royal. His reputation as a “luminous ...

But is the play, which premiered last night, as redolent of greasepaint and plush curtains as its title implies ... if she is still getting used to the Tricycle’s stage. But if Red Velvet is a ...