Viola Davis shines in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Gregg Shapiro | Contributing Writergreggshapiro@aol.com Going to the theater to see a play is on hold for the near future, even as talk of a COVID-19 vaccine is getting mixed reviews.
Fortunately, there are enough movie adaptations on the way — including The Prom, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, In The Heights and West Side Story — to quench a theater queen’s thirst.
Sadly, the late, prolific playwright August Wilson, who died in 2005, never got a chance to see the movie versions of two of his plays: Fences from 2016 and 2020’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix).
He probably would have been particularly pleased with the performances of Viola Davis, who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for