Local theater honors diversity in ‘Red Velvet’
By Mayra S. Ventura The Junction Theater presents the West Coast premiere of “Red Velvet” at the Atwater Playhouse in Los Angeles playing now until April 30. The play is a biography of Ira Aldridge, the first African-American actor to play a role in Shakespeare’s “Othello.” The play also illustrates the impact he had on the history of theater and how things haven’t changed over the course of centuries. “Red…